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By Simon J. Levien
Reporting from Erie, Pa.
Oct. 31, 2024, 5:04 a.m. ET

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  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
    71·
    2 months ago

    I mean the DOJ has been doing a good job during the Biden administration. To an extent there’s not much the government can actually do about low wages if I got my stuff right; it’s mostly workers’ organizations who can do something about that. Dems also don’t have the House or a filibuster proof majority in the Senate so I’m not sure what exactly you want them to do.

    I don’t like the Dems either, but they’re overall okay on workers’ rights (shutting down the rail strike was very much not okay, though).

    • Verdant Banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
      88·
      2 months ago

      shutting down the rail strike was not being overall okay on workers’ it was shitting all over them and the rest of the workers

      just because a Democrat is the offender does not make it better than if a Republican did it

      • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
        32·
        2 months ago

        shutting down the rail strike was not being overall okay on workers’ it was shitting all over them and the rest of the workers

        Definitely true. I acknowledged that as a black spot on his record, but that doesn’t change that he was generally pro-worker and pro-union.

        • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
          72·
          2 months ago

          Sick days were just one demand of many the unions wanted, and even then it fell short of what they had demanded. “We got them their demands later” is basically propaganda at this point.

            • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
              3·
              2 months ago

              One union did that. Many others didn’t.

              They also got them a historic pay raise and other concessions.

              Did he abolish the system that made accidents more likely and was the reason they striked in the first place?

              • jj122@lemmings.world
                11·
                2 months ago

                Does the president have unilateral authority to make laws? How do you expect him to abolish that system without Congressional action?

                • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
                  1·
                  2 months ago

                  It’s not a legal system, but rather something the rail company (companies???) implemented. The workers were trying to get the company to abolish it by striking but Biden crushed the strike without giving them their central demand.