Imperial Leader Joe Biden signed a measure passed by Congress which virtually declares slavery for rail workers. All they wanted were a measly seven sick days a year and the Senate surprisingly threw them under the locomotive. They may not be allowed to strike but that doesn’t mean they’ll be happy about it.
Slavery for rail workers
Before Congress and Joe Biden officially declared railroad slavery, disgruntled rail workers were literally dying for time off to see a doctor. They couldn’t go on strike because they had a contract. When the contract ran out, they had “cooling off periods.”
That didn’t cool them down on the crucial issue any. Joe Biden, in his Imperial Wisdom, personally crafted them a new contract. He convinced the management to throw a whole bunch of money at them but no sick days. Everybody loved it except the still disgruntled workers.
Now that they actually had the ability to strike over the issue, they were declared as indispensable as they are expendable. Slavery has been officially decreed. When they die on the job, rail companies will just buy a new one.
With the signing of the Railway Labor Agreement, we not only spared this country a catastrophe.
We ensured rail workers will get a historic 24% wage increase, better conditions, and a cap on health care costs. And I won't stop fighting for paid sick leave for all workers.
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 2, 2022
The freight will keep rolling through the holidays, which is all that matters to our alleged representatives and administrators.
Joe Biden could barely remember where he was but did a great job of reading the teleprompter for his promised reward of a dish of ice cream when it was over.
“The bill I’m about to sign ends a difficult rail dispute and helps our nation avoid what without a doubt would have been an economic catastrophe at a very bad time in the calendar.” Rail workers are going to have to simply forget about seeing a doctor. With a sweep of his golden pen, slavery solved the entire issue.
Senate disappointed everyone
Americans expected the House to put rail workers in chains but the Senate voting for slavery was a shock to everyone, especially the rail workers chained to their stations. Republicans did nothing to stand up for the rights of railway employees, with a few notable exceptions.
Rand Paul couldn’t bring himself to actually vote “no” but issued a weak-spined “present.” Everyone knows that basically counted as a “yes.” We the People are going to remember that.
Conservatives tried to add seven days of sick leave into the deal but it didn’t happen. The vote on a 60-day cooling off period for union and rail negotiations also went down in flames but that wasn’t popular with anyone in the first place.
Appreciate the swift bipartisan action in Congress to prevent a devastating rail shutdown.
This deal will see well-deserved and long-overdue pay increases for rail workers. Meanwhile, we will continue to push for paid leave for all American workers.
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) December 1, 2022
More time won’t solve the problem. Forcing rail workers to work through a declaration of slavery won’t help their health or morale any, either.
Joe Biden didn’t think twice about signing the rail workers into slavery but he did offer to throw them a bone. Since we are such a “rare wealthy nation without guaranteed paid leave,” he wants to socialistically grant the privilege to every worker.
Paid sick leave for all is the latest version of “bread and circuses.” Based on what our senate did with this one, all the still disgruntled rail workers can say is “Et tu, Brutus?“
