• ALoafOfBread
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    10 months ago

    Yep. I was hoping someone would comment this. He didn’t want to take an economic hit right before the midterms, so broke the strike but also essentially made the reailroad give concessions.

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      10 months ago

      Less than 50% of what they were seeking though, it’s a concession, not a victory. They got 4 whole days, wow, such good.

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        10 months ago

        When people strike, they do not unyieldingly demand 100% of what they asked for initially. It is a negotiation. They negotiate. While 50% is not ideal, it is progress and pretty decent concessions.

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          10 months ago

          Less than 50%, 28% to be precise. That’s just the sick days, if we include all the other things they were asking for, they got less than 10% of what they asked for.