“The American people are angry and want change. And they’re right,” Sanders said.

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    21 days ago

    Kamala and Biden both tried to appeal to Unions, defending them

    Remember when Biden stood up for the railroad workers? Me neither.

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      20 days ago

      Remember when Biden stood up for the railroad workers? Me neither.

      I do remember this. Sound’s like your memory is bad.

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        20 days ago

        https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-signs-bill-block-us-railroad-strike-2022-12-02/

        The U.S. Senate voted 80 to 15 on Thursday to impose a tentative contract deal reached in September on a dozen unions representing 115,000 workers, who could have gone on strike on Dec. 9. But the Senate failed to approve a measure that would have provided paid sick days to railroad workers.

        “It was tough for me but it was the right thing to do at the moment – save jobs, to protect millions of working families from harm and disruption and to keep supply chains stable around the holidays,” Biden said, adding the deal avoided “an economic catastrophe.”

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          If this means that railroad workers never did get their sick days then you have a point.