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Sally. and _ impact of all of this. hello, sally. and it— impact of all of this. hello, sally, and it seems - impact of all of this. hello, sally, and it seems like - impact of all of this. hello, sally, and it seems like a l sally, and it seems like a winter of discontent, echoes of what happened in the 1970s because as you say we have not just got postal workers walking out, even driving examiners, and also nurses and rail workers and all of this strike action is set to have a really difficu...

Lawmakers need to put the brakep congr on a potential railroad strike. >> its a tough call, but i think we have to do it. the economy is at risk. >> reporter: a strike could start next friday, and cost the u.s. economy at least $2 billio. economy at least $2 a day, the white house saying nearly 800,000 workers could lose their jobs within two weeks. among the many potential supply chain disruptions: shipments of coal, lumber, and n grain, and some holiday gifts. gas station owners say it could m...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her chamber will vote as early as this morning to try and stop a rail workers strike.

Have not read it. >> sean: so here we have eight other unions that have signed off on the agreement. you have at the 11th hour you have all of these different unions, 12 in total, representing rail workers, et cetera. theyre not going along with it. the deal theyre being offered is a 24% raise, $5,000 in bonuses retroactive to 2020 meaning the average employee would get an immediate pay-out of $11,000. seems like a pretty generous offer. are we going to let these rail workers just hold the entir...

To take the bill up tomorrowmooe when people have not evenean: s read it. >> all right. so here weo here hav w eighte et other unions have signed offyo on the agreement. >> but you have at the 11tht hour, you got all of these different unions, 12 in total,wr representing rail workers, et theyre et cetera. >> theyreno not going along with it. the deal theyre being offereded is a 24% raise, five thousand dollars and bonuses retroactiveg to twenty twenty , meaning the average employee would get an ...

Friendly president has opted to side with big business and thwarting of railroad workers right to strike. the september plan resolved their wage issues but left paid sick time for on call workers unaddressed. unpaid sick time in separate bill may resolve these issues for prorchs who have pledged to block the plan unions previously voted down from being signed into law. senator bernie sanders tweeted at a time of record profits. its unacceptable that rail workers have zero guaranteed sick days. i...

Given the risk of clogging supply chains in the weeks leading up to Christmas, President Biden has urged Congress to intervene, upsetting unions.

That rail workers dont have paid sick leave at all. thats amazing. thats the big stumbling block. so what do you see doing forward on this? >> if congress is going to get involved and enact a resident lougs, we are urging congress to enact a resolution that adds paid sick leave to the ult hat agreements. were urging them to dpo that way. and give workers things that most american workers have. they work really hard in very dangerous jobs. many of them work outside exposed to the elements and che...

>> reporter: tonight, the president insisting, "the senate must move quickly and send a bill to my desk, immediately." leader schumer, are you confident that a rail strike will be averted? >> were working hard to get something done and to try to get it done as quickly as possible. >> all right, that late word from the senate tonight. lets get rachel scott, live on the hill. and the white house press secretary today saying the president has been clear on this, that he believes congress must send ...

Eager to have more than just one paid sick leave day for rail workers who are essential to the american economy. now they have gotten away they want in getting more. the house was never going to be the problem here. it was always likely on a glide path because of the democratic majority. the real question is what ends up happening in the senate. were sort of seeing some strange bedfellows here in terms of who could vote to back paid sick leave for rail workers. republicans like josh hawley and t...