Biden's record on labor

I want to present the facts and nothing but the facts.

Let's start with the railway workers dispute, by far the biggest slam against the Biden Administration.
The biggest grievance was the horrible railroad attendance policy.

In the system, each worker starts with 30 points and loses points for taking a day off. Workers can accrue 4 points by being on-call for 14 straight days, but any time off, even for illness or a family emergency, resets the clock

Most rail workers didn't get any sick days.
The agreement got rid of the worst parts of the contract.

Workers also can take time off for routine doctor’s appointments without being penalized, and would not lose attendance points for hospitalizations and surgical procedures, according to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.

Something that got overlooked was that the Biden Administration has kept up the pressure on the railroads.

One of the largest freight railroads in the world, CSX, announced a deal with two rail unions, including Weaver's, to provide four days of paid sick leave annually, plus the option of converting three personal days into additional paid sick time.

It's actually very unusual that the Biden Admin has not broadcast this success, eventhough the IBEW gave them credit as most of the other rail unions got the same deal. So now they have seven sick days.
In contrast, Republicans in Congress voted against rail workers having ANY paid sick days.

Now the NLRB:

Indeed, on his very first day in office, Biden, at the urging of labor advocates, removed then-General Counsel of the NLRB Peter Robb, a deeply anti-labor attorney appointed by Trump, from his post...
To replace the ousted Peter Robb, Biden installed former labor lawyer Jennifer Abruzzo, who, strongly endorsed by unions, has been remarkably effective and successful, rapidly emerging as the most pro-union GC in decades. Abruzzo has released a series of memos advising the Board to, among other things, ban captive audience meetings, expand the coverage of federal labor protections, strengthen the Board’s enforcement powers and remedial arsenal, and facilitate the union organizing process, policies which she has urged the Board to adopt in countless cases her office has prosecuted before the agency. For its part, the Board’s Democratic majority—including two Biden appointees—has proven largely receptive to the GC’s progressive proposals. The agency’s recent Cemex decision, for example, is one of several rulings and regulations the Biden Board has promulgated to facilitate organizing and collective bargaining, and its potential to meaningfully deter unlawful employer obstruction of organizing drives has excited labor proponents. Moreover, since Biden’s inauguration, the NLRB has intensified its processing of ULP charges and election petitions—and unions have prevailed in a higher percentage of such proceedings.

The NLRB has ordered corporations to reinstate more illegally fired workers in the first year of the Biden administration than it did during all four years of the Trump administration. The Biden administration updated Davis-Bacon standards to prevent federal construction contractors from paying below-market wages.
Biden's NLRB had made it easier for workers to organize as well.

On Aug. 24, the NLRB issued a final rule that will speed up union elections, screwing up Step 2 of employers’ union-busting playbook. The rule, effective Dec. 26, will eliminate common delay tactics that help employers: pointless waiting periods, the chance to request numerous extensions, and the opportunity to flood the process with irrelevant arguments.

According to the Economic Policy Institute, petitions for union elections grew by 53 percent between October 2021 and September 2022. Moreover, the rate at which workers win unions in NLRB elections climbed steadily during the first two years of the Biden administration, exceeding any level achieved under the previous administration.
In 2024, the Biden administration has picked up the pace.

In the month of April alone, it banned the noncompete clauses that can stop workers from taking another job in their same line of work if they quit, expanded eligibility for overtime pay to people making up to US$58,656 a year, up from its current cap of $35,568, and pushed pension funds to only invest in companies that adhere to high labor standards.

I recognize that not everyone considers this to be an important issue, but for me the status of labor unions is the weather-vane of the working class.

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for the vote Blew
No Matter Who whores
I see

what? you cant(won’t) see
it’s the systemic corruption of
the system, Still?

willfully obtuse is the
politesse way I can say it

ignorant shite for
the cheap seats
is my flex (and even That
is much too polite for
this Dross)

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
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@Tall Bald and Ugly I was afraid that you might address the facts in my post.

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@gjohnsit me oblige! @gjohnsit
In the system, each worker starts with 30 points and loses points for taking a day off. Workers can accrue 4 points by being on-call for 14 straight days, but any time off, even for illness or a family emergency, resets the clock

14 days on call With No PAY(unless they call)
no events with the family
no events with the kids school
no Adult Beverage
yeah, THAT’S a ‘life’
no weekends off

336 hours available to the company
No Pay
ooh, ooh,ooh Toby be Good negro and
wait raght Heah for ma masser’s beck and call
what.the. fuck.

nothing on track maintenance,
nothing on engine maintenance
nothing on At Least two workers per train(should be three minimum)

as hindsight says non compete is for the
Managerial CLASS

which btw got nixed by the courts
because although Plaintiffs pointed out
100 cases of abuse, defendants only had to show
One Case where it worked so the courts threw Out
the Blanket Ban on non competes with a sidebar of
congress is the place to address the issue

is That enough of Facts to satisfy you?

As Nick Cruze says if Genocide isn’t a dealbreaker
ya Might want to check your Humanity

and No I’m NOT voting for dRumph

what an ass
and I should Know

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march

@Tall Bald and Ugly

336 hours available to the company
No Pay
ooh, ooh,ooh Toby be Good negro and
wait raght Heah for ma masser’s beck and call
what.the. fuck.

First of all, that was the old contract that the Biden Admin helped get rid of.
Secondly, fuck you Toby. Finally, do you have any idea of who the bad guy is here? Let me give you a hint, because Toby doesn't appear to be all that bright. They own railroad companies.

nothing on track maintenance,
nothing on engine maintenance
nothing on At Least two workers per train(should be three minimum)

Yes, that is bad. And that should get fixed by the transportation department. Not the union.

as hindsight says non compete is for the
Managerial CLASS
which btw got nixed by the courts

It was supposed to be for management. Now it's being used all the way down to fast food workers.

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@gjohnsit
the owners OWN YOU
as well as the politicians
the media
the courts
the universities
the SCIENZE

you starting to get the picture or
do I have to resort to Crayons

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march

@gjohnsit
Those were All UNION Demands
OF the Company
NOT included in the deal BIDEN ‘negotiated’
Cough-jammed down their throat-cough
which is why the WORKERS, Not the Union
were going to Break the ‘Deal’
and STRIKE

your caloric intake must be Enormous
for the level of Obtuseness you maintain

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

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If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
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The non-compete clauses are not for workers... They are for professionals, the managerial class, not the working class...

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@The Hindsight Times that much is true.

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THIS;

I recognize that not everyone considers this to be an important issue, but for me the status of labor unions is the weather-vane of the working class

Is a Straight up Lie or You would
be shitting all Over Genocide Joe
for Breaking the UNIONS Strike

So gaslight somebody somewhere else

and another thing, if I know the blanket ban
on Non Competes was struck down
YOU absolutely know it and tried gaslighting
on THAT

weak f@cking sauce dude
just Weak

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march

@Tall Bald and Ugly

for Breaking the UNIONS Strike

I'm assuming that you are referring to the rail workers, and not the UAW.
Because I addressed that first. And there was no strike.

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@gjohnsit @gjohnsit
Strike because BIDEN asked congress
to pass a law That HE signed making it
ILLEGAL

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and Senate voted to stave off a strike by railway workers that could potentially devastate the US economy.
The bill approved by Congress would bind companies and workers to a September agreement brokered by the Biden administration. It will now head to US President Joe Biden's desk for approval.
The Congress intervened at the request of Mr Biden who warned of severe economic consequences if rail workers went ahead with the strike.

TWENTY SECONDS on the tubes I find this
BBC from ‘22
so stop your Lying about there was no strike
there would have been and
They(rr workers) WOULD HAVE WON

still not addressing Knowing the ban was shot down
still not addressing the Still horrible work conditions

Jimmy adore has a vid up(for some reason I can’t share me being stupid that way)
about CANADIANS battleing Both the US AND Canadian govt on this
which you,Again, Fail to mention(Canadian rail workers, Not JD just to put the kai-Bosh
I expected obtuseness)

so much sleight of hand and BullShitting in this post
just BEGS for a call out I’m Amazed I have to be the one to do it

see white men can’t jump clip AGAIN

edit what am I saying!?!
we All know ‘Biden’ ain’t in charge of Anything
including Himself

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march

when you do straight economic
reporting and analysis-you
Absolutely ROCK

you make it so an idjit like me
can grok it

but when you try to slyly’
insert your political bias
you SUCK and That’s disappointing

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march

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by how moderation fits into the concept of free speech? Some cool-headed responses would be welcome.

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@janis b @janis b what you’re trying
to do Love, but I have no truck
with posters blowing smoke
up my bum(Not you)

weasel words like ‘potential to’,
labor SUPPORTERS are pleased’
read managerial class
but not labor?

And the blanket ban on
non competes was Designed to
be shot down by the courts so
corporations Could use it on
fast food laborers Legally
THAT was the ultimate purpose of said ban

like I said above, I’m an idjit in more ways
than most people can count but
manipulative assholery I can see
with my eyes closed nowadays
yeah I’m THAT cynical

As a request from me it’s
best if you Not get involved
Ugly is my name for a Reason

enjoy your Spring

edit for apple ai typos

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march

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@Tall Bald and Ugly

The intention of my comment was to have, as a community, a discussion about what is free speech, and what deserves moderation. I’m sorry you were banned. At least your way of expression, in this thread, has made the parameters clearer. It’s too bad you 'lost it' in this thread since you have other worthy contributions to be made.

Thank you for being gentle with me. All the best for you.

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I banned you from this site years ago because of your attitude and let you back in with a promise that you would keep your attitude under control. Well, here we are again.

I'm banning you again for obvious and glaring reasons apparent in this comment thread.

Don't bother emailing me with any excuses or promises.

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