J WyniaDec 1, 2022
When you hear media blaming the striking rail workers for being the ones that threatened the economy, that's not a neutral reporting. The railroad companies were willing to threaten the economy because they wanted to be able to fire people for calling in sick or going to the doctor. Painting the strikers as the irresponsible ones is propaganda.
Show threadhapbtDec 2, 2022
@jwynia well until they send the national guard in to break the strike we've still technically made progress?
have we?
Show threadJ Wynia
@hapbt Being forced to accept a deal that doesn't include the sick leave isn't what those workers are likely to call progress. It quite literally forces them to accept the sacrifice of their health in service to corporations reporting billions in profit. They're throwing a bit of cash to their families as compensation. And the whole country tells them to get back to work so Christmas shopping isn't disturbed.
Dec 2, 2022 at 10:11pmWeb