they could call for public transit reform

“BAN CARS!” is as terrible a slogan as “DEFUND THE POLICE”

Unionized trucking companies have a “driver advocate” too

It sounds like the railroad is grossly negligent here

Not everybody has an office job

the problem is, if you make a drivers license exam that most drivers  can’t pass, but those people still need to drive to get to work, they’re still going to drive, license or not. 

No, we have the standards we have now 

Apples and oranges

Problem - except for those who live in a few big cities with robust mass transit, Americans have to drive to function as an employed adult

the company was also going to eliminate pensions for everybody hired after November 1, 2021. Also, there’s a huge gap between workers hired before 1997 and those hired afterwards - the workers wanted to close that gap. 

it’s called “solidarity”

I support those workers when the’re struggling, because if they win it makes the entire working class stronger.

pretty much everything the working class ever achieved was due to solidarity

As for “greedy”.... you mean the CEO and the rich people that own the company

that’s exactly what they did

He could just sign a contract with the United Auto Workers

How hard is that?

His workers would get better pay, better benefits and have rights on the job

He’d have his corporate welfare

Quit beeing a weenie and sign on the dotted line, you boorish Boer!

there are very very few air marshals - the vast majority of flights don’t have them

they’re working in an environment where the people they deal with have already passed through a security screening and are not armed - so, apples and oranges 

You don’t have to be “brainwashed” to realize that driving drunk is a very bad thing that puts people’s lives at risk

I’m African American, and I live in NYC so I don’t know anything about “hillbillies”

The labor movement isn’t going to be saved by one person, no matter how photogenic she may be or how good her publicists are

Ninety four percent of American workers don’t have a union, and Nelson doesn’t have a serious plan to change that 

Diet soda tastes God awful!

If they could make it taste as good as real soda, sure!

His 12 year old daughter was on her way to get married?