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Eastern Railroad Discussion > LA Times article on the rail labor disputeDate: 11/29/22 17:38 LA Times article on the rail labor dispute Author: calumet An opinionated but factual.and timely essay. Well worth reading regardless of where you stand on the issue.
Column: Greedy railroads are to blame for rail strike threat. Why should Congress help them? (yahoo.com) Date: 11/29/22 17:39 Re: LA Times article on the rail labor dispute Author: SpringedSwitch The answer is obvious; the railroads "donate" a lot of money to Congress.
Date: 11/30/22 07:40 Re: LA Times article on the rail labor dispute Author: memphisfreight SpringedSwitch Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The answer is obvious; the railroads "donate" a > lot of money to Congress. Not only that, but Wall St owns many congressfolk, from both sides. Date: 12/03/22 08:52 Re: LA Times article on the rail labor dispute Author: Bandito calumet Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > An opinionated but factual.and timely essay. > Well worth reading regardless of where you stand > on the issue. > > Column: Greedy railroads are to blame for rail > strike threat. Why should Congress help them? > (yahoo.com) Factual? What about this line? "The truth is that the rail strike is being provoked by railroad managements that have absolutely refused to give in on a central goal of the rail unions: the provision of paid sick leave." A central goal? That is not what I've gathered from reading comments on TrainOrders. Date: 12/03/22 19:16 Re: LA Times article on the rail labor dispute Author: calumet Bandito Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- ..> A central goal? That is not what I've gathered > from reading comments on TrainOrders. It sure seems to be one of the facets of the entire "quality of life " issue. The author didn't say it was THE central goal but one of them. |