{"id":1757309,"date":"2022-11-30T15:32:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T20:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757309"},"modified":"2022-11-30T15:32:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T20:32:56","slug":"house-passes-legislation-to-avoid-a-nationwide-rail-strike-bernie-sanders-intends-to-block-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-legislation-to-avoid-a-nationwide-rail-strike-bernie-sanders-intends-to-block-it\/","title":{"rendered":"House Passes Legislation To Avoid A Nationwide Rail Strike. Bernie Sanders Intends To Block It."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-passes-legislation-to-avoid-a-nationwide-rail-strike-bernie-sanders-intends-to-block-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757309&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-house-of-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House of Representatives<\/a> advanced a bill on Wednesday meant to avert a looming nationwide <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/railroads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rail<\/a> strike, Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/bernie-sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) vowed to block the measure in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unions and rail companies previously agreed to a tentative deal providing workers a 24% pay raise and more robust healthcare benefits, although a handful of labor organizations rejected the agreement due to a lack of paid sick days. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/112922-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to lawmakers on Tuesday evening that the lower chamber would \u201ctake action to protect the economic security of America\u2019s working families and avert a devastating nationwide rail strike\u201d in alignment with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-calls-for-congressional-intervention-to-avoid-potentially-crippling-rail-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exhortation<\/a> from President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Legislation enforcing the tentative agreement passed on Wednesday by a margin of 290 to 137, with eight Democrats and 129 Republicans voting against the bill. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) affirmed that the upper chamber would move as quickly as possible to advance the bill to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1597709690699489280?s=20&#038;t=iD67NiKf3PIGloPjEW0Ypg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarked<\/a> on social media that workers should receive at least seven paid sick days as rail companies earn \u201crecord profits.\u201d He intends to \u201cblock consideration of the rail legislation\u201d until a roll call vote guarantees workers the benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Biden meanwhile thanked members of both parties in the House for advancing the legislation and stressed the urgency of deliberations in the Senate. \u201cWithout the certainty of a final vote to avoid a shutdown this week, railroads will begin to halt the movement of critical materials like chemicals to clean our drinking water as soon as this weekend,\u201d he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/11\/30\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-house-action-to-avert-rail-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cWithout action this week, disruptions to our auto supply chains, our ability to move food to tables, and our ability to remove hazardous waste from gasoline refineries will begin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The daily economic cost of a nationwide rail shutdown could amount to $2 billion, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAR-Rail-Shutdown-Report-September-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Association of American Railroads, while a <a href=\"https:\/\/rilastagemedia.blob.core.windows.net\/rila-web\/rila.web\/media\/media\/pdfs\/supply%20chain\/rila-rail-labor-dispute.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> from the Retail Industry Leaders Association addressed to Biden noted that freight rail accounts for 40% of long-distance shipping volume in the United States. Members of Congress can exercise authority over interstate commerce to intervene in rail labor negotiations under the Railway Labor Act of 1926.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of business groups have encouraged Congress to compel the acceptance of the tentative agreement. A <a href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/media-center\/press-releases\/retailers-encouraged-house-approval-tentative-agreement-averting-rail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> from the National Retail Federation lauded the House for approving the legislation. \u201cAmerica\u2019s railroads serve nearly every sector of our economy and provide access to global markets. The freight rail system is a lifeline for many industries, ensuring the transport of not only retail goods, but also essential food and energy supplies,\u201d the group said. \u201cIt is imperative that the Senate now acts immediately to approve the measure and send it to President Biden\u2019s desk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden and Pelosi have expressed reluctance to disrupt union negotiations since the commander-in-chief <a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/empowerworkers\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaigned<\/a> for the Oval Office in favor of collective bargaining. One of the unions which rejected the tentative agreement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/union-allies-turn-on-pro-labor-biden-for-trying-to-prevent-looming-rail-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that the organization \u201cis deeply disappointed by and disagrees with\u201d actions from the Biden administration to prevent the strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the House of Representatives advanced a bill on Wednesday meant to avert a looming nationwide rail strike, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) vowed to block the measure in the Senate. Unions and rail companies previously agreed to a tentative deal providing workers a 24% pay raise and more robust healthcare benefits, although a handful of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":825158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1757309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1757309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1757309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1757309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1757309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}