The union voted 99.5% to strike and hasn't had a contract in three years. Railroad workers are on call 24/7 and cannot plan their personal lives. This strike would be enormous and could even shut down power generation, since 40% of US electricity lately comes from burning coal. (Check misoenergy stats.) Maybe this is what we need: a real strike that wreaks national havoc. It might be what we need to wake people the fuck up. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/14/rail-j14.html
The union voted 99.5% to strike and hasn't had a contract in three years. Railroad workers are on call 24/7 and cannot plan their personal lives. This strike would be enormous and could even shut down power generation, since 40% of US electricity lately comes from burning coal. (Check misoenergy stats.)
Maybe this is what we need: a real strike that wreaks national havoc. It might be what we need to wake people the fuck up.