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December 8, 2022

Tidbits – Dec. 8, 2022 – Reader Comments: Georgia Victory, Electoral Politics, Electoral Strategy; Rail Workers; Doctors and Unions; After Dobbs; Ending the ‘American War’: Promises, Realities, Impact of U.S. Peace Movement; Cartoons, More …

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Reader Comments: Georgia Victory, Electoral Politics, Electoral Strategy; Rail Workers; Doctors and Unions; After Dobbs; Ending the 'American War': Promises, Realities and Impact of the U.S. Peace Movement; Cartoons, more ....

December 1, 2022

Putting ‘Profits Over People’, Senate Rejects Paid Sick Leave for Rail Workers

Brett Wilkins Common Dreams

"Senate Republicans and Joe Manchin have yet AGAIN failed working Americans by voting down seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers," lamented Rep. Jamaal Bowman.

November 27, 2022

One Day of Warren Buffett Wealth Gains Could Fund 15 Days of Paid Sick Leave for Rail Workers

Jake Johnson Common Dreams

"Buffett could avert a rail strike today by giving workers what they need: paid sick days," said Sen. Bernie Sanders' staff director. "That's how you give thanks."

November 21, 2022

Major Strike Looms As Largest Rail Union in US Rejects White House-Brokered Contract

Jake Johnson Common Dreams

"It's about attendance policies, sick time, fatigue, and the lack of family time," said one union official. "A lot of these things that cannot be seen but are felt by our membership. It's destroying their livelihoods."

September 15, 2022

Railroad Companies Almost Inflicted an Economic Disaster on the U.S.

Terri Gerstein and Jenny Hunter Slate

All because they chose profits over humane working policies. What this fight is really about: the persistent difficulty some large corporations have in understanding that their workers are human beings, and not just one more piece of machinery.

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February 13, 2022

Rail Unions Are Bargaining Over a Good Job Made Miserable

Joe DeManuelle-Hall Labor Notes

Contract negotiations covering 115,000 rail workers in the U.S. are expected to heat up in 2022.

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December 25, 2019

Striking French Rail Workers Clash with Riot Police in Paris

Angelique Chrisafis The Guardian

Gare de Lyon protest comes on 19th day of industrial action over pension changes.

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August 17, 2014

Rail Workers Denounce Dangerous Deal Between Union Officers and Management

ALEXANDRA BRADBURY In These Times

“There’s a real rank-and-file rebellion going on right now,” says Jen Wallis, a Seattle switchman-conductor for Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway. “People who’ve never been involved in the union, never went to a union meeting, they are showing up and they’re joining Railroad Workers United in droves.

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