Western Railroad Discussion > Rail Unions and CBDC

If money becomes digital (CBDC), and in control of the central bank, then they will have the authority to prevent you from obtaining your cash. So if workers go on strike, and the authorities don't condone it, strikers' money could be locked out of their cash with no recourse if they have no other sources - ie their bank accounts are frozen. So what are the rail unions saying to their members about this?

Rule G has this covered.

If you are referring to money from a strike fund, that would be pretty crazy for Big Brother to control it.

Victor Baird

Not to worry, even little kids have plastic now....no need for paper money.   I will say this: no way in hell will the govt lock any union members bank account because they are on strike.  Maybe Russia or China.
john

This is pure conspiracy nonsense.  Who are you listening to?

There is precedent in Canada. Trucker protestors and organizers had bank accounts frozen. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/canada-protest-finances.html

dragoon Wrote:
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> If money becomes digital (CBDC), and in control of
> the central bank, then they will have the
> authority to prevent you from obtaining your cash.
> So if workers go on strike, and the authorities
> don't condone it, strikers' money could be locked
> out of their cash with no recourse if they have no
> other sources - ie their bank accounts are frozen.
> So what are the rail unions saying to their
> members about this?

Please stop with the conspiracy nonsense posts.

I agree, this is nonsense (and not the first time you've posted this sort of thing)..  Whether left wing or right wing, QAnon or whatever, I imagine very very few people on this forum want to waste their time with this stuff.

BobB Wrote:
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> This is pure conspiracy nonsense.  Who are you
> listening to?

AmHog Wrote:
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> There is precedent in Canada. Trucker protestors
> and organizers had bank accounts frozen. 
> https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/
> canada-protest-finances.html

That was under the Emergency Act, a very specific occurance.

BobB Wrote:
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> This is pure conspiracy nonsense.  Who are you
> listening to?

I'm not going to opine on how likely this scenario is, but if you didn't learn over the past few years how much the desire is of those in government to control you, then you'll probably never learn. There is nothing the government won't do to attempt to control you.

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Of course it was an emergency. It was also a protest. Of course Trudeau would not use this power friviolously.

 



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Soo715 Wrote:
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> I agree, this is nonsense (and not the first time
> you've posted this sort of thing)..  Whether left
> wing or right wing, QAnon or whatever, I imagine
> very very few people on this forum want to waste
> their time with this stuff.
>
> BobB Wrote:
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> -----
> > This is pure conspiracy nonsense.  Who are you
> > listening to?

I don't know if it's a conspiracy or not, maybe you do and I'd like to know what you know.

AmHog Wrote:
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> Of course it was an emergency. It was also a
> protest. Of course Trudeau would not use this
> power friviolously.
>
>  

Part of the law regarding the Emergency Act is that there has to be a review after it is used to determine if it was used properly.
The public hearings happened a few weeks ago and the results of the hearings should be out in the next few months.
We'll find out then if the act was used the way it was intended.

AmHog Wrote:
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> There is precedent in Canada. Trucker protestors
> and organizers had bank accounts frozen. 
> https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/
> canada-protest-finances.html


Last time I checked, Canada and the USA were different countries with different laws.

ChicagoCoyote Wrote:
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> AmHog Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > There is precedent in Canada. Trucker
> protestors
> > and organizers had bank accounts frozen. 
> >
> https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/
>
> > canada-protest-finances.html
>
>
> Last time I checked, Canada and the USA were
> different countries with different laws.

Laws in the US don't seem to mean that much anymore if you're of the ilk that wishes to be more like Canada.

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PHall Wrote:
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> Part of the law regarding the Emergency Act is
> that there has to be a review after it is used to
> determine if it was used properly.
> The public hearings happened a few weeks ago and
> the results of the hearings should be out in the
> next few months.
> We'll find out then if the act was used the way it
> was intended.

Oh dear!!!!  Everyone on the review board has had their bank accounts frozen!

Okay, I made that up.  Had to say that before more conspiracy theories got going.

mapboy

The Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board etc in the US went through a four year period of making union elections more difficult, strong arming some decertification efforts into reality, ignoring companies efforts to block information, etc.

Fortunately, that has ceased, at least for the next two years.  Nissan is facing a union representation election in Tennessee which begins today.

On another app, we can block this foolish stuff.  Something for TO to consider for the future.

Bob Wilcox
Charlottesville, VA
My Flickr Shots

Dragoon, you ask a good question.  I do not know the answer.  I will add that I find nothing conspiratorial about some people, even those in elected positions or government bureaucracy, trying to control others, and abusing their power in their attempts to control others.  If this were not possible, there would be no need for commissions like those looking into Trudeau's actions against the protestors.

Matthew

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Fortunately, that has ceased, at least for the
> next two years.  Nissan is facing a union
> representation election in Tennessee which begins
> today.

Voted down:

Dozens of workers reject union at big Nissan Tennessee plant - ABC News (go.com)