@@austinhernandez2716 Same for military. Work for paid sick leave. Honestly, everyone should be GIVEN equal amounts of PTO, paid parental leave, paid bereavement leave, and paid sick leave. If they run out of one, they can use others.
As Ralph Nader has stated over and over again, change comes from the bottom up. Bought and paid for politicians are not going to stick their necks out for working people. Congress should not have the power to decide for unionized workers. Joe Manchin is the worst!
It's only rail unions that Congress can do this to. It's that way because they were the first unions in the country and the law that was made gave them the shaft.
Manchin is a plant that Dems use to shield themselves from progressive movements... With a few others they keep in the party on purpose for this, they can claim they tried with most Dems showing support. This is a very old political tactic.
Ralph Nader and Chris Hedges has also stated that Bernie is NOT who he portrays to be. His job is to keep the youth voters and poor and working class disillusioned that there is hope within the dem party. Bernie is a democrat and will throw his base and others under the bus for dems, for THE PARTY if he has too.
Thank you for your efforts, Bernie. I'm one of those rail workers you spoke of. Six months ago I was rushed to the E.R. by my wife at 3AM with a kidney stone. It was the most painful thing I have ever experienced. I marked of sick, and missed one day of work. I provided the railroad with all of the medical information that they required, but I was still assessed points towards my attendance record. I wasn't paid for the absence but was penalized for missing a day. Imagine working for a company that treats their people like that.
I don't under how that is legal to begin with. It's nuts. People in the States need to fight tooth and nail just to get to what's below the humane minimum, and even that fails. Gotta grow class consciousness and worker solidarity. Enough is enough.
It is disgraceful and I am disgusted that Biden signed off on you all being denied 7 sick days. By the way, the corp. I work for gives us 0 sick days too. I'd vote for Bernie in 2024. He is the only honest politician who sticks up for workers. No one else has, except Katie Porter, who shames CEOs on a regular basis. I'd vote for her too if she ran.
Important talking point: Making sure people have sick leave does not just benefit the workers and their families. This forces people with contagious diseases to go to work and spread the illness to coworkers and the rest of the population. This effects everyone.
They don’t care about that. They only want the power to force people to go to work. This is not about anyone’s good because this literally does not provide tangible benefit to the oligarchs, it just feeds their pleasure in making people suffer.
What good is having all that money if you can't make other people suffer and gloat. One thing that really pisses me off is how many union workers vote Repub, including the WV union workers who repeatedly vote for Manchin. Talk about cutting off your own nose to spite your face!
We were deemed essential during COIVD and the companies offered us no PPE beyond watered-down hand sanitizer. If you got covid they'd pull you out of service for weeks but only pay you for 4 days, which you had to fight tooth and nail for and receive months later. If a world wide pandemic doesn't convince the goverment or carriers we need sick leave then a strike would, but the former took that right away from us with no hesitation.
A convenience store clerk forced to work with a fever might give the wrong change. A train engineer forced to work with a fever might kill people and destroy millions of dollars of train, products, and infrastructure. - Why is sick time so damned hard?
7 days sick leave is a minimum. Especially when we’ve had a Pandemic. The entire cost if they all took off would be 100 million while the RR companies have raked in billions in profits. This is a disgrace. Thank you Bernie for continuing to fight and keeping us informed. ❤
I've been a rail worker for well over a decade and never once before did I think we ever had a chance at having some normalcy in our lives. I actually believed taking our dispute to a government level was going to work out for us, if Joe Biden was as pro-worker as he claimed to be surely his PEB would draft an offer that at least gave us 3-5 sick days a year (which as minuscule as that sounds to most, would've been like changing for us). Turns out I couldn't have been more wrong. What an absolute kick to beans. It's bad enough the PEB didn't side with the workers and 100% backed the carriers, but the fact the president, congress, and senate had absolutely no problem taking away our right to strike in an instant shows exactly who they care about making happy, and it's not us. What a devastating end to a tragic story.
Some industries can't and shouldn't strike, as it would impact the public too greatly...but the federal government should have laws enacted that entitle all workers at least some days off. Maybe things will start moving forward after this... wishful thinking.
I think the deal should have been more favorable to workers, especially on scheduling and leave, but the idea that Biden sided "100%" with the companies is just BS. 8 of the 12 unions involved, including the biggest, approved the deal. If there had been a single vote where every worker's vote counted the same, it almost certainly would have been approved. The deal has a lot of good in it. We need to keep fighting for better, but this is way more of a win than a loss. On taking away the right to strike, yeah Congress did that. But with damn good reason. The strike would have hurt so many folks, especially people who are already on the edge. However, when Congress does that, they should force a deal which reflects what the workers would have gotten if they had gone on strike. It should be a better deal for workers than the one which was on the table. That's just being fair.
Nobody should have to strike. That said, taking away the right means kneecapping the workers. Yes a strike would hurt a lot of people. Is that a reason to abuse those who are looking for improved working conditions? You are saying, in effect, “screw the workers, I want my crap delivered”
@@jason00121 Anybody not making money from just owning shit who has a lick of class consciousness understands that we workers need to be a united front against the capital class. We exist in tension with them, they want to pay us as little as possible while working us as hard as possible, they’ll do whatever they can get away with. But they can’t do shit without us, their ownership of a factory means nothing without us working in it. Value is created through labor, not capital ownership, never forget it.
The railroads have a history of suppressing benefits for workers. But why is Senator Manchin holding up progress? Thank you Mr. Sanders for standing with workers. ❤
Iv worked for a class 1 railroad for 17 years. I would just like to say thank you to Bernie Sanders for being a voice for railworkers. I think Bernie is the only politician to speak the truth about corporate America in the last 20 years. As Americans, they try to divide us and put us in separate groups. We need to open our eyes and realize we have more in common with each other. My hope is that one day we'll realize who really is hurting and controlling the American people.
The man voted to force the contract on the unions. lots of hot air and hand waving about other BS too, but in the end he voted against labor because the Corpos made it the more convenient choice.
My brother is a railroad worker. His shoulders are wrecked from the heavy work in all types of weather. Sadly, he votes against his and others' best interests. I will never understand how so many people are so afraid that they do not think for themselves. Empathy, intelligence, and foresight are thin on the ground. It is a challenge not to despair.🙁
My story: My mother was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in 2019. She was a state social worker for adult protective service. She never married she only had 1 child (me). I got FMLA (unpaid sick days)to take care of my mother. I work for the RR. No sick leave, no PL days. I have earned 3 weeks of vacation because of my years of service put in. My mother was terminal and she at the end of her treatment. This is during the no visitation in hospitals. She asked me to come home out of state (8hrs away) to take her to her radiation of her brain appointments. So I talked to my Supervisor and I left 2 days later. My job was protected by me having FMLA, what my Class 1 company did was force me to use my paid vacation leave. While I was on FMLA days off. I didn’t have the option to take leave without pay on FMLA days. So couldn’t span out my vacation leave to take care of her longer. A week taking her to Radiation and driving a day there and a day back. I asked my Aunts and Uncles to come stay with her. She rapidly declined 2 weeks later. I didn’t want her dying in a hospital alone. So I opted for hospice care at home. I drove back and took care of my mom. Took over all care. She couldn’t even hold a spoon. My 8 days of vacation was taken from me quickly. My Aunts and Uncles and Cousins all came to stay to help. She passed away peacefully. She rented her house. So literally the day after she passed. I got a moving truck packed her house in 2 days and drove back on the 3rd day( Those 3 days were paid funeral days) we only get 3 even if it’s out of state. My FMLA is no longer active because it was for taking care of my mom. I couldn’t even pick her up from the crematorium. My Uncle did for me. I didn’t have any vacation leave left to bury my mother. I waited 6 months later, planned her service and dinner. Marked off sick for 3 days and drove back to where she wanted her urn to be buried(at her parents feet of their grave site) I was not going to not lay my mother to rest, celebrate her life and let her 4 siblings grieve. There were over 100 people there. While I was feeding everyone after her service at a banquet hall at the church. I get a text from my Boss. Corporate might put you under investigation for taking these days off. So while burying my mom I get threatened. If they would have not broken Federal Law by forcing me to take my paid vacation days at once for FMLA leave. I would have been able to span out my paid vacation days and had leave to bury my mother. If I would have had some paid sick days it would have helped a lot. I had no time to grieve my mother. It was work to get her things packed up, drive 8hrs, put them in storage and go back the next day to work. We needed sick leave and Biden pushed for them to vote against ratification. They decided in one day that we didn’t deserve a few paid sick days. Well then they don’t deserve sick leave or PTO days. No Holiday pay (We don’t get it and we are away from our families on holidays) Democrats and Republicans don’t care about us. We are not human to them. We are expendable. Work the slaves! So we can pay taxes and they have our hard earned money to make themselves richer through money laundering, arms deals, Wall Street deals. Make them richer and make their family and friends wealthy. Here’s the only justice that I get from all this. God only gives them a certain amount of years to live and eternity in Hell for them makes me smile.
I didn't call in sick for eight years. A Wall Street takeover firm closed the store I worked for. The fact that I was that loyal and never called in sick did not pay off for me. Stock dividends are more important than the health and wellbeing of the workers that drive their dividends. I wish that their profits would call in sick and not show up on their accounts. I also wish that you could have won some money and quit your job so you could have taken care of your family and had the time for your life events.
This story is heartbreaking and awful. I too work for a class 1 and know the issues that we've dealt with. These 7 days would have been nothing to the carriers. Now with this great loss in this contract, I believe it is open season on us working-class folks. All we had was the power to strike. That was taken away by the stroke of a pen.
Thanks everyone, I will just tell you all this. I am thankful for having a job and as a single mom being able to take care of myself and my family. I feel blessed by God everyday. I am just upset with corruption of our Government leaders. I am tired of being taxed to death, I am tired of none of them going to jail for the crimes they committed, I am tired of them stealing elections.(Not talking just about Trump) This has been going on at least since Hoover and FDR. I am basically tired of being a slave to corrupt people that make my skin crawl. We as Americans need to change the Railway Labor Act of 1926.
Yeah, at one time I believed that too. It's all talk, both parties (and I include Bernie as tied in with Democrats) do not represent the people. That should be very clear by now.
Let's go Manchin! I mean "Let's go!" Pack your things. You're occupying the seat representing big business, not the needs of working people. It's time for Manchin to be voted out.
They have unlimited PTO because they're giving themselves so much money. They don't have a clue how hard they make people's lives. Totally unnecessary.
They are essentially salaried. However, and I apologize for my ignorance, for instance Madison Cawthorn was not re-elected to a second term. He closed his D.C. office down completely. His constituents were unable to contact anyone for assistance and were ignored. He never returned to Congress until last week when he addressed the House of Representatives. He didn’t “work”. Why are taxpayers paying him a salary, and numerous benefits for that timeframe. Also we will be paying post-office retirement benefits. That is beyond appropriate.
Oh my goodness! It is so refreshing to hear someone talk about the real issues facing most Americans and speak the truth about corporate greed. Thanks Bernie!
Americans pay attention to who in our government are looking out for our citizens or who is looking out for BIG BUSINESS and their OBSCENE profits. Thank You, Bernie, for showing what a true statesman looks & acts like! We have had more than enough of self-centered politicians.
Yet - These politicians that won't vote for basic stuff like sick leave get re-elected. Someone is not doing the "sell" to the American public come election time.
When you have MAGAts storming the capital, and people supporting the very republicans who VOTED AGAINST their own interest, fucking Americans don’t want to pay attention.
It begins at the local and state levels and finishes at the Federal level. Not the other way around. When people become active at the local and state levels and elect actual leftists not neo-liberal center right grifters then we will stand a chance till then our representative Republic will not represent us in the ways we want them to. Also we have a very real threat going on when a X president openly calls for terminating the constitution on his social media app and all of those who kissed the ring think and feel the same way.
Fine by me. I could stand to clear out some closets and drawers, for that matter. Covid taught me there is plenty to do around the house without ever getting through the list. 🤔
I used to work for TTX- we had paid sick leave based on a point system that re-newed every year, and left over points carried over. But we got it by organizing a very effective walk-out.
Thank you for being one of the sanest voices in politics. It's maddening how irresponsible, extreme, cruel, or corrupt most of our politicians have become. You are the kind of person we need more of if we are to get anything important done.
More politicians should do little videos like this to explain in straight talk what's happening, in digestible language, and then be open on their stance on it. Thanks Bernie
@deadnamer what we need is is to all be equal under our constitution. From highest wealth collecting scumlord to lowest paid toilet scrubber. We all, me you, him, them and her deserve a fair shake, not what we have.
@ghost mall When he was confronted about voting to send billions of dollars to Ukrainian Nazis, he just deflected. In a town hall meeting, when he was asked about Palestinians being able to stand up for themselves when under the thumb of Israeli Zionists, he yelled at the people in the town hall meeting.
Me My wife and my grandson just became homeless. I tried to buy a house last year, but corporations and rich boomers were paying way above asking, and the banks wouldn't give me enough to outbid them. We worked our whole lives, and my wife got sick ladt year she hasnt worked. We asked for rental assistance, and they led us on for two months that we qualified for help, but the the office that usually handles rental assistance didnt have anything to do with the covid assistance money and thousands were evicted like me. Because republican governor younkin did somthing with the money. I dont know what to do.
That's the problem--a frayed or nonexistent social safety net when there's illness or misfortune in a family. Corporations and foreigners should not be allowed to buy up housing to speculate on. That should be illegal.
Go to Mexico, leave your car, cross back across the border by swimming across the Rio Grande and turn yourself in. Biden will give you a free phone, a place to stay, food and free health care.
Thank you, Bernie. My father worked for the railroads from the 50s until the 70s, switching cars in the bitter cold and the blistering heat. Clearly, things have not gotten better for these essential workers.
@@conchobar Yeah, he and the other progressives failed to get the sick days added. But he voted for the sick days amendment and voted against the bill that didn't include them. He voted straight up workers' rights, and he lobbied and voted the way I would have voted. We got f*cked by the corporate democrats again. But I, in no way, blame Mr. Sanders for the outcome.
@@conchobar No the voters failed. The government failed. The upper 1% prevails. Only Bernie consistently fights for the people. Guess what… Jesus failed.
What we've learned is that when someone isn't touched by a problem personally, they don't see it as a problem if they don't see it as a problem they're not going to try and fix it
Bernie is a national treasure and has given so much heart and empathy to our country,especially at a time of so much open greed ,lies ,and divisive politics. Thank you .
Have you ever been to West Virginia? Have you ever been to a coal mining town? Just like the sugar barons owned everything in the life of the sugar crop workers that lived in the areas where sugar was the life blood of the communities, the coal barons have the same level of control over the life of the people living there. The church support that exploitation with the rewards in heaven for earthly suffering routine and churchgoing god fearing people endured like in the Hunger Games movie series. Do you think those folks understand anything beyond their local politics of subsistence economics or can afford to rebel against the political machine that runs their lives? Everyone with ambition left to seek fortune elsewhere and are heroes if they succeeded or villains if they failed, why do you think there is a white folks drug crisis in this country communities that is driving overdose deaths up. And they are not party drugs like cocaine, they are hard drugs. That is where the millionaire coal baron Manchin got himself elected as a Democrat. Now believe that!
will you riot if they steal the Iowa Caucus from him? we have had the opportunity for a "President Sanders' *TWICE* ...but we refused to fight for Iowa. that is integral. in every single timeline, the headline: "Bernie Wins Iowa!" leads to a landslide presidential victory. it is guaranteed that the same thing that got FDR elected 4X would also get Sanders elected.... *ALL* people love left wing policy when they see it....our taxes benefit *US* instead of going into billionaire pockets.
@@Global_Enlightenment_Now_2060 Younger isn't always better. Pete B. is young; I didn't care for his policy-light, platitude-heavy style. People say Bernie is too old, but he's almost the same age as Biden, who is considering running again in 2024. AOC has some good policies, but unlike Bernie, I'm not sure if she knows how to communicate with working class people who maybe don't know what "neocolonialism" and "intersectionality" mean. She needs to learn to communicate in a less fancy way. If Bernie doesn't run, who will replace him? A successor is needed - someone who can win the primary and the general.
I think you're one of the best Bernie Sanders because you communicate with us in a calm intelligent way. I love your experience I love how you work with people you are invaluable to this country thank you.
We need a federal paid time off law so we can all take off for whatever reason we want and get paid for it just like what the majority of the world does.
You're right, we need federal minimum requirements for humane treatment of workers. Minimum PTO sick days, vacation, and family leave. Most other countries like ours do this. Our country is just festering corporate abuse and the elites benefit.
@@watamatafoyuyou are completely right, they are so scared of communism and socialism that they rather let businesses have free reign to do whatever they want because they think any policy that helps people will destroy our country with lazy freeloaders.
Working outside in the cold with the flu isn't fun...because you're afraid to take off because you haven't been approved for FMLA and your wife has cancer. That happened last year on the railroad to me.
Hospitals use similar scheduling to eliminate worker redundancy and force them into overtime. It's corporate abuse festered by our elected politicians.
The worst part is when you hire in they laugh in your face about it. They tell you at orientation, "You'll be here rain or shine, day or night, holiday or no holiday, healthy or sick. If you don't like it, McDonald's is always hiring." They think it's funny.
When Bernie Sanders does a more honest job of covering the R.R. Sick Days than corporate owned media? It's time for all of us to be concerned and become more politically active.
Thank you for all that you do for our country sir. You are a true American inspiration and hero. Lets keep fighting the good fight until we overcome the corporate agression of the oligarch and their minions on both sides of the the spectrum.
As an Australian where ten days paid sick leave is mandated by federal law, I’m absolutely gob smacked that these workers had to fight so hard to get paid sick leave in this current day.
How has your country not burned to the ground yet?! I can't believe it's not Mad Max there yet. Our country would explode with even 1 mandated sick day!
@@watamatafoyu On top of that, our minimum wage is $20.38 per hour. The American corporations who scream they’ll go bankrupt if they pay American workers $15 per hour pay that rate here and still make big profits.
Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush worked very hard to set America back almost to the 1930s in regards to fair labor laws. And always remember Donald Trump didn't say or do anything about raising the federal minimum wage his whole presidency. We have the same federal minimum wage as we had a decade ago and this travesty rarely makes headlines in the corporate owned media.
@@GenerationX1984 trump said $7.25 is already too high! I'm not joking, look it up! Republicans are the party of the Rich! Republicans's main function is to keep the Middle Class divided... that's all!
@@fairdinkum977 Agree. And Reagan was the first Republican to divide the middle class against the poor and the poor against the poor with his made up story about the welfare queen. Unfortunately this divide and conquer strategy has worked too well.
I'm not sure what makes me more furious that we need 60 votes in the Senate or the fact that these Railroad Companies are making insane profits and refuse to give BETTER BENIFITS for their workers, Shame on them, and start taxing those 1% that make oodles of money and refuse to be FAIR>when they should be generous! Thank you Bernie!
If you want to start taxing the 1% we need to vote in Democrats who are not looking to line their pockets like the majority of Republicans appear do. We need voting funding reform. We The People have been too complacent for too long and we are close to losing our democracy because of it. Make yourself known to your State officials now…they are usually the ones who want to move into the national spotlight. Follow how they vote on the local level & who they associate with, how they personally financially gain while “serving the public”, and what they achieve for the citizens of your state. Then expand that to those ‘serving The People of your state’ at the national level. Point out issues wherever you can…their websites, RU-vid sites, etc. to inform all of us. Power in Numbers, but only when based on truth and facts. We can no longer sit on the sidelines & protect and evolve the country we love, and the one so many laid down their lives to protect.
FAIR TAXATION - Armed forces should be funded by a tax on individual and business capital. This is the same principle we apply to funding police and fire protection at the local level. (i.e. TAX WEALTH to fund DoD, CIA, NSA, VA, FBI, SS, Coast Guard, customs, border patrol, DEA, ATF, federal marshals, ...). - Personal income should only be taxed to fund the few federal services that directly benefit people. (e.g. Medicare, Dept. of Health and Human Services, CDC, ...). A personal income tax provides a way for citizens to hire other citizens to do work that benefits everyone. The personal income tax revenue should match that part of the Federal payroll (including contractors) to fund the few federal services that directly benefit people. - USA should tax business revenue (not profit) to the extent necessary to fund Federal business services (DoA, DoC, DoD(R&D), DoE, HUD, DoI, DoJ, DoL, USPS, DoS, DoT, ...). Federal services with identifiable customers should be funded via fees. (e.g. parks, forests, Interstate highways, ATC, NRC, FERC, ...).
My father was a trainmaster with Conrail back in the day. Our health insurance plan, if you can call it that, was lousy. I remember having a severe case of bronchitis and not being able to see a doctor because my parents couldn't afford it. It has been way too long, and way overdue, to treat our railroad workers with dignity and respect when it comes to the basics.
So much to fight for and finally the young generations are turning out more and more progressives so eventually we'll be able to make some serious change. Thanks for looking out for us for so many years Bernie. One of the few politicians actually fighting for the little guy
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out- Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out- Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out- Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me. Solidarity forever!
There's not much left, man. Even though they lost they're still treated better than most at jobs around them. That's how bad our country's gotten. 1 sick PTO day per year is somehow a leg up 🤦♂️
Like Bernie said, grassroots action is crucial here. If you're represented by a Republican senator (besides Braun, Cruz, Graham, Hawley, Kennedy, and Rubio), call their office and demand to know why they did not support a bipartisan bill to guarantee 7 days of paid sick leave for rail workers, after praising "essential workers" for two years. It's 2022; zero paid sick days is absolutely indefensible.
Calling their office and shaming them won't do anything though. If you're a senator who already has a dubious opinion on the average citizen and moreover whose campaign is mostly funded through wealthy donors, why you care what Joe Nobodies think, even if there are a lot of them? A better policy is to raise consciousness on these issues and support rail workers when they strike. When we make it less costly for the rail companies to give in and give sick days than to incur our collective wrath is when we get them.
If/when the rail workers strike, we should ALL take part in a general strike completely shut this thing down until we get more than crumbs. Don't open the gas stations, shut down the roads, don't open the restaurants, stop all construction, etc and let's see how long the owners can keep it going by themselves. Workers of the world unite ✌️💚🏴☠️
We are reliving the Roaring Twenties. Corporate power is at an all-time high, and worker's rights are suffering. It's time for things to get back in balance. Let's treat human beings with respect, not like robots.
I feel like its closer to the 1890s when the country's richest men installed McKinley as president, there were monopolies everywhere and no consumer or worker protections. The early 2000s were more like the 20s except it was housing everyone was using to get rich instead of stocks.
It's true. And the elites hold a gala rubbing our face in it, wearing slogans of the Guilded Age. Our leaders are sick and twisted husks of who we voted for.
As a railroad employee, THANK YOU Bernie. We need the support. Hard to imagine how the Republican Party turned their backs on us with 42 of them voting to deny us sick days.
It would have been a complete failure if they didn't separate it because they knew there weren't enough votes to support one package. At least they got pay raises, bonuses etc. and now the fight for sick leave can continue. Would you rather them have nothing than a little something? What's pathetic is the Republicans who wouldn't vote on giving them just SEVEN days of sick leave. Lay the blame where it belongs.
@@TroyHubbs It seems pretty obvious you’re coming to conclusions and opinions with only about half of the information and facts. Do you even know why congress decided to take a vote on the package at all? They only took it for a vote to prevent and quiet literally forcefully stop the rail workers from going on strike for a better agreement. The package Congress voted on, was already won by the workers themselves without the aid of the White House or congress, but a majority of workers decided the comprise was too lacking and wanted to continue collective bargaining so they decided to strike for a better agreement so Biden and congress wanted to, by force, make the workers accept the weaker deal and forcefully stop their democratic and human rights to organize and strike. What was my clear solution??? Let the rail workers strike and have the railroad companies agree to a better deal, if rail workers are so essential to our economy then they should be treated and compensated as such. From your comment it almost seems like you believe congress randomly decided to pass a bill for railroad workers and if it wasn’t for them they wouldn’t have got anything, just goes to show how you don’t even know what’s going on. If they kept the bills together it would’ve forced manchin to either decide to let the workers strike and slow the economy or agree to the deal with additional paid sick days included.
@@nevermind342 I fully understand what is going on. The bill settled on an agreement the rail workers made earlier this year. I get that it wasn't the best outcome. But I'm pretty sure it also wasn't expected that all Republicans would vote NO on 7 whole days of sick leave. You think inflation is bad enough, wait until none of the freight is shipped. It was supposed to give them what they want, and prevent a strike during the holiday season. If we had a functioning congress, and Republicans didn't vote against the very people they claim to be about, then the rail workers would have gotten everything they wanted in the agreement. Almost like it was more important to "own the libs" than to help those who need it. At least the rail workers know who had their back and who didn't.
Bernie thanks for all you do. I am proud of you not just sticking up for the rail workers, but also being a compassionate human being. Your fight is courageous and righteous. God love you sir!
How could anyone vote against 7 days paid sick leave? How many days sick leave do government workers typically retire with? Most of them end up with over a year of paid sick leave when they retire! Most companies (like mine) make you take vacation time when you are sick. I have been working for over 30 years and am a salaried employee for private industry. You are a shining light, Bernie!
Mr. Sanders, you are such a breath of fresh air! I love you for being a realist and an understanding soul. You actually understand the citizens of our country. I'm so sorry there are not more lawmakers of your caliber holding office today but know, you are loved and respected by many. Thank you for all you do! ❤
We learned that you are still the only one in all of congress who consistently fights for working people. You have principles and you put those principles ahead of your own personal ambitions. I only hope some of the other young progressives in congress follow your lead in that way because right now, I’m extremely disappointed in them (props to Tlaib though!). I also learned that every single time establishment democrats separate the worker legislation from the must-pass legislation, they do it because they don’t want it to pass. Donors before voters every time.
The intent of separating the demands for paid sick leave from the 'must pass' strike busting' bill was so obviously the same tactic House corporate Dems pulled to exclude progressive contents from the infrastructure bill . Talib our only champion?? Who knew. So disappointing
Rosetta you still don't get it. Bernie is not on the side of working people in spite of his speeches and tweets. He voted yes on a bill that forced a contract on the RR workers that they had already rejected because it didn't have paid sick leave included. Why is he blaming Manchin when it is Biden who is pushing this garbage on behalf of the railroad oligarchs. Bernie is a willing tool of the corporate wall street democratic party. The sooner democrats across the country realize this the sooner we can abandon this betrayal party and start a party that truly represents us in word and deed.
Stock buybacks should have limits or be prohibited in certain circumstances. It should be mandatory that a percentage of profits must go back to employees in wages, insurance and benefits and development of the core business.
Stock buybacks should be prohibited in ALL circumstances where the mainstream economy is in any type of turmoil. If the government bailed them out, those proceeds should NEVER be permitted to further enable or enrich anyone in the corporation not directly consumer facing. Bottom up, NOT top down. Already long been proven that top down doesn't work
Still love ya Bernie. I have to wonder how many sick leave days the executives get. These essential workers deserve better. This is why we need civics education in schools and an understanding of how unions have benefited everyone in this country so they are future educated voters for a strong democracy. Thank you Bernie for your hard fought battles to support every citizen of this country. You are a true hero to this retired Vermont State Trooper.
Senator Sanders, while I dont always agree with you I wanted to say thank you for sticking up for us railroaders. I've been at one of the biggest class 1's for almost 20 years and its only gotten worse. There is a reason why we were voted number 1 worst company in America to work for. I would also like to acknowledge Senator Cruz for voting for us as well. Thank you.
USA has armed patrols....hence: an occupied nation USA has two right wing parties, pretending to oppose each other. USA made left wing politics illegal when Eugene Debs was imprisoned for being anti-war....and the two anti-war parties were criminalized. USA started the 3rd Reich and took over after Germany fell...global domination is at hand....military bases everywhere.
greetings from Germany, where we get up tp 6 weeks of sick leave PER INCIDENCE. If I break a leg in January - 6 weeks Break an arm in December same year - another 6 weeks. Last thing I heard our industry is doing rather well. Keep kicking your politicians in the behind!
Thank you for all the hard work! We can do Better and be BETTER! Don't give up! We are making positive changes, talk with friends and family call your Representatives...it takes all of us being involved to make these CHANGES!!
True too bad it doesn't matter. I'll never hold the presidency. He is also not likely to live long enough to affect any real change in our current system.
The inside of a locomotive can is probably one of the most unsanitary spaces you can imagine. 12 hours in a box close quarters with 1 or 2 other crew members. Crews being swapped out every couple hundred miles. Windows closed in the winter and summer. Air filters are always full of soot. Porta potty 4 feet away from you with sh*t and piss sloshing around and splashing out everywhere. No hand washing stations inside or anytime that. Just some small individual packs of alcohol wipes the size of a condom that are always dried up. I'll never forget stepping into the porta potty in the nose of the cab and my boots squishing into the pad in front of of the toilet because the pad was soaked with urine and feces that had splashed out of the toilet since they never pump those things out until they're completely overfilled and have enough complaints and then as I was walk back up to two steps to my seat my boots would leave wet nastiness on the floor. So disgusting. But you better not get sick!
Thank you, Bernie, for all you've done and do! Can we take a moment to reflect on the fact that every single Senator who voted against sick leave for rail workers gets paid sick leave themselves? One week paid sick leave a year is not asking too much!
You're missing the point...100% of the Democrat voted for us NOT TO STRIKE! if they were so PRO WORKER, they would have just said NOTHING!! This is all lip service.
Yes it's rather disgusting the corporate greed. You're exactly right that every elected official gets paid sick leave yet they wanna deny the rail workers etcetera any type of paid sick leave. Follow the money/campaign contributions/aka bribes & you'll likely see a direct correlation between the campaign payoffs & how certain people vote. Always follow the money because that's what it's sadly all about.
Help is coming for you Bernie. Thank you for taking on this tremendous responsibility. It is as if you are ALREADY the "President" for all you do and organize and accomplish.
The ultimate goal of the railroad tycoons is to use up the workers before they live long enough to cash in on their retirement. I am disgusted that Biden sided with the CEOs who would rather take profit (and drive their own industry into the ground at the same time) then invest in that industry and the workers that they need.
A strike would have crushed the economy. Thousands would have been laid off. BTW, most union workers voted for trump. In Ohio RR workers make more than more than most people. Many make a 1/4 of RR workers and no benefits!
Thank you Bernie Sanders for your YT channel to inform us of the details in dollar amounts and encouraging those railroad workers that you will keep fighting for them and all US citizens. Seven days paid sick leave! Jeez.
it would cost the railroad CEOs 2% of their *PROFIT.* ....and even though those railroad owners threatened the US government with a devastating shutdown by forcing the workers to strike....the US government sided with the greedy, amoral criminals who run the company, and forced a union to betray the people it serves. Joe Biden is Ronald Reagan....a union busting SOB. blue fascism is just as bad as red fascism.
Thank you for being one of the only politicians who actually care about us. It's nice to see at least one person stand up against the Horde who care very little about anything other than their own benefit.
BIDEN CARES ABOUT US...HE IS WORKING TIRELESSLY FOR ALL OF US....HE CANNOT HELP THE REPUBLICANS AND MANCHIN VOTING AGAINST THE WORKERS!! IT BROKE HIS HEART TO HAVE TO SIGN THAT....BUT HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL AMERICANS...HE COULD NOT LET THE ECONOMY CRASH...
Love you and all your people who are fighting hard for the working people and poor and all the other important things that we need to do to make America work for everyone thank you so much Bernie for everything!
You better not be talking to Bernie Sanders he's doing the opposite he's fighting against you and he's lying to you and if you're falling for it you are poorly educated get busy
he told people about Eugene Debs and Americans still pretend that there is a left wing in America. Left Wing has been illegal for 100 years. Convict # 9653 For President. FSA (formerly USA) is 100% fascist.
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