{"id":519470,"date":"2022-12-02T00:02:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/senate-votes-to-avert-costly-rail-strike\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T00:02:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:02:07","slug":"senate-votes-to-avert-costly-rail-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/senate-votes-to-avert-costly-rail-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"#Senate votes to avert costly rail strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a307ba91dc6b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a307ba91dc6b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/senate-votes-to-avert-costly-rail-strike\/#Senate_votes_to_avert_costly_rail_strike\" >Senate votes to avert costly rail strike<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Senate_votes_to_avert_costly_rail_strike\"><\/span>Senate votes to avert costly rail strike<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/FreightTrains_091422_AP_Danny-Karnik.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Senate voted Thursday to avert a costly nationwide rail strike next week that lawmakers in both parties worried would shut down much of the economy and further add to inflation. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senators voted 80 to 15 for a House-passed bill to implement the labor agreement between freight rail carriers and unionized workers brokered by an emergency board President Biden established in July. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But senators rejected a proposal to add seven days of paid sick leave to the agreement, which four rail unions demanded. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By intervening, Congress will avert the threat of a national rail shutdown that would have ravaged supply chains and brought significant portions of the economy to a halt in the middle of the holidays. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roughly one-third of U.S. cargo is transported by rail and truckers would not be able to take on more capacity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the outcome will likely enrage rail workers who argued that railroad executives were refusing to meet their demands because they knew Congress would step in and block a strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The proposal to add sick leave to the tentative labor deal, which passed the House narrowly on Wednesday, failed on the Senate floor. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sick-leave measure needed at least 60 votes to pass and fell short, 52 to 43. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Six Republicans voted for it: Sens. Mike Braun (Ind.), Ted Cruz (Texas), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Josh Hawley (Mo.), John Kennedy (La.) and Marco Rubio (Fla.).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) was the only Democrat to vote against extra sick leave. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several Democrats voted against the labor deal because it didn\u2019t include the sick leave provision. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cMy point here is that forcing people to have no sick time and you fire them if they don\u2019t show up is like an 18<sup>th<\/sup> century French coal mine. It\u2019s an absolutely outrageous way to treat your workers,\u201d said Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who voted no on forcing workers to accept the labor deal negotiated over the summer. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Merkley, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) also voted no.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tentative agreement, negotiated with the help of Biden administration officials in September to avert an initial strike threat, provides rail workers with 24 percent raises over five years and makes it easier for workers to miss time for medical <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>However, the deal doesn\u2019t provide any paid sick days \u2014 just one additional personal day \u2014 sparking outrage from some rail workers and union leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Four of the 12 rail unions failed to ratify contracts and didn\u2019t appear close to reaching an agreement with railroads, which refused to budge over the issue of paid sick leave.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Senate also rejected a proposal offered by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to send rail companies and unions back to the bargaining table for another 60 days to work out a new agreement. That failed by a vote of 26 to 69. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The votes capped four days of frenzied discussions in the Senate after Biden urged Congress on Monday to avoid a \u201cpotentially crippling national rail shutdown.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The potential crisis flared up on Nov. 21 when the transportation division of the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, Transportation union (SMART-TD), and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), which together represent more than 50,000 workers, announced they would not ratify the tentative labor deal moderated by Biden\u2019s emergency board. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (BMWED), which together represent 17,000 workers, voted against the deal last month. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden called the top four congressional leaders to the White House Tuesday morning to urge them to pass legislation implementing a labor deal by the end of the week. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All 115,000 rail workers would have gone on strike if just one union did not ratify a deal by the Dec. 9 deadline. This week\u2019s legislation will force the remaining four unions to accept the tentative deal.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though the strike deadline wasn\u2019t until the end of next week, the White House worried the prospect of a labor freeze would begin to slow down supply chains early next week, adding more inflationary pressure to the economy. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cEven though the actual shutdown is the 8<sup>th<\/sup>, you need to act a few days before that because a lot of the suppliers stop sending their stuff on the trains if they think there\u2019s a possible shutdown,\u201d Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters after the White House meeting. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schumer cited chlorine needed to sanitized water supplies in many towns and cities as a critical product that would be held up within days of a potential rail shutdown. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Business groups and the Biden administration warned lawmakers not to drag out negotiations, noting that railroads would begin to wind down services this weekend. That would lead to delayed shipments and commuter rail cancellations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden ramped up pressure on Congress throughout the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cLet me say that again: without action this week, disruptions to our auto supply chains, our ability to move food to tables, and our ability to remove hazardous waste from gasoline refineries will begin,\u201d the president said in a statement Wednesday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Updated at 4:10 p.m.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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