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In favor of adding seven paid sick days for rail workers, the measure passed 221 to 207. all of the house democrats were in favor, but all but three republicans were against. yes, almost every house republican voted against paid sick leave for the people who keep our economy moving. they know their votes are public, right? i guess we should not be surprised, i mean, 36 republican senators voted this week against protections for a same-sex and interracial couples. even after failing to get the re...

Ross Grooters, union co-chair of Railroad Workers United, said the new deal doesnt adequately address issues at the root of the industrys troubles.

President Joe Biden signed a bill Friday to block a strike and force workers to accept the agreements union leaders made in September, even though four of the 12 unions — which include a majority of rail workers — voted to reject them.

>> the sticking point. in the deal the president signed rail workers getting a 24% raise over five years, caps on health care premiums. one additional personal day but still no paid sick days. why has that been so hard to obtain? >> its been so hard to obtain basically because the railroads wont agree to it. they refuse to agree to it. look, that paid personal day we gained first additional paid day off we have been able to gain since 1981, if i recall correctly. the national vacation agreement ...

Economy. but the bill still leaves rail workers without the additional paid sick leave that they deserve. of, next i will talk with a union leader about how the rank and file the reacting. and what is the next move? stay with us. e? stay with us oh, there you are... you know, cath, with chase freedom unlimited we can cashback on all our holiday shopping. earn 3% at drugstores! ill be at checkout. you bring the card. wait - im paying again?! earn big time with chase freedom unlimited. ♪ ♪ the...

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Congress ended up voting down the amendment instead, they got a initial personal day. lets listen to what president biden said about that. >> look, i know this bill does not have paid sick leave, but these rail workers, and frankly every worker in america deserves, that fight is not over, and supported paid sick leave for a long time. i will continue that fight until we succeed. >> congressman, how do you feel about the agreement that was made? what action does congress plan to take to address p...

Why the railways would not necessarily provide paid sick leave. theyre willing to provide 24% i believe increase and salary over a certain period of, time 1000 dollar bonus as well. not two, three, four days of paid sick leave? >> its harder for me to understand and i believe the bonus was actually quite a bit larger, even at $1,000 but the reality is that we felt that we were in a situation in which having a nationwide rail strike would have had devastating for millions of americans. this admin...

Into law. we have no other way of advancing the 7 days of sick leave through the legislation now. ultimately, they had split the bill so there were two different bills that were voted on by the senate. fortunately, we did get bipartisan support for the additional sick leave. we were able to get five republicans to stand with the democrats on the issue, and were happy about that. but we were only able to achieve 52 the votes, and you need the 60-vote filibuster to pass. so it failed by a narrow m...

Giving rail workers the sickly. along with mike brown of indiana, john kennedy in louisiana, and lindsay kennedy of -- good job, gentlemen. they recognize this as a moment and had to make gestures that they werent all talk. it was a democratic president, in the house of congress that -- were without sick leave. and theyre the ones who now have a duty to make this right. the vote also made it clear, the republican party was unable to muster enough votes to help workers. its still -- almost entire...