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glacier ,
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Taxes aren’t the only major economics issue. Trump opposed NAFTA which was big in regards to the working class vote. Biden and the Democrats failed to support the rail workers last year who threatened to strike over paid sick leave. Obviously Trump’s camp is wrong on this and will make a terrible administration but Democrats are not exactly as pro-labor as they could be either.

caffinatedone ,

I get the reflexive urge to both-sides things, but rail workers did end up getting their sick leave:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/most-unionized-us-rail-workers-now-have-new-sick-leave-2023-06-05/

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/01/railroad-workers-union-win-sick-leave

Biden wanted to avoid the disruption that a rail strike would bring, especially when we were trying to deal with inflation, but like many things, they quietly got it done.

glacier ,
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Thank you for sharing, I didn’t know

Alto ,
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More cynically, I think they didn't want to loudly show that unions and striking work

Jaysyn ,
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Unions benefit all of us’: new Biden plan encourages federal workers to unionize

Corkyskog ,

Sounds about right… pretty sure unions only got the concessions like a 5 day work week because they were fighting so hard for it, that there started to become grumbling about owning the means of production.

Bartsbigbugbag ,

No, they ended up with 28% of their stated request. 4 days. 4. Literally every single employee, full time or part time, in my entire state gets more than that.

I also don’t see anything about the safety issues that they were planning to strike against, which is not a small issue.

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    nickwitha_k ,

    Seems like something that they should be shouting from the rooftops…

    glacier ,
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    Thanks for sharing this, I didn’t know

    Truck_kun ,

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    Bartsbigbugbag ,

    Or, because if they start shouting it from the rooftops, people will point out that the Biden administration agreement gives them 4 days out of the 14 they were fighting for, and addresses none of the safety issues that they were fighting for.

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