Well, that just makes sense. Our economy depends on being able to reliably ship boxes all over the place. The people who actually do the work of shipping those boxes should have a decent workplace ... and their bargaining power should be bloody frickin' formidable.
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2023
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Betcha a dollar that Biden steps in. If the Fed stepped in to end the rail strike, why wouldn't they stop UPS teamsters? UPS moves 6 or 8 percent of the nations gdp every day (or so I've heard).
But they should strike. Working conditions are abysmal for those guys.
Nothing he can do. The rail strike fell under the Railway Labor Act which gives the government the power to force contracts and break strikes. He can try to pull something but the Teamsters aren't fucking around.
I wasn't super informed when that happened, so that's interesting to know.
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