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CurGeorge8 t1_iym2qd6 wrote

Here are the Senators who voted against forcing the contract on the rail workers. The measure passed 85-15:

Cotton, Cruz, Hawley, Rubio, Rick Scott, Toomey, Collins, Tim Scott, Hagerty, Gillibrand, Merkley, Sanders, Hickenlooper, Warren, Sullivan

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bk1285 t1_iymhvbw wrote

That’s a strange mix of senators who are for workers rights along with a group who probably voted in this manner just to say fuck you to biden

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pervert_hoover t1_iymau0v wrote

^ this is important context. Toomey is a sack of shit, but he is a sack of shit who wasnt going to force workers to take a contract they didn't agree with. You can say he only wanted to cause chaos to make Biden look bad (which is probably true), but you can't cast those other 85 votes as worker-friendly.

imagine getting outflanked from the left by a fucking hedge fund stooge like Toomey. this is the state of American politics.

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KFCConspiracy t1_iymeocc wrote

I suspect his motive was "cause chaos" because he does not have a history of being pro-workers rights in any way. I think if there were a republican president he probably would have voted for this.

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pervert_hoover t1_iymjinq wrote

I'm sure you're right about that. I just think that looking only at the sick leave vote really buries the lede, which is that every democratic senator except 6 (7 if you count Bernie) and most of the Republicans voted bulldoze collective bargaining and force workers back to work.

How can people cheer on Amazon and Starbuck unionization, and then at the same time be totally OK with this?

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KFCConspiracy t1_iymjrhw wrote

Yeah, I think the title here is misleading, the site as a whole I think is a biased site. And I don't say that in the same way of crowing about all media is evil.

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pervert_hoover t1_iymkmc9 wrote

agreed. we can recognize that all news outlets have an inherent bias without getting all MAGA about it.

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SaltResearcher4 t1_iyqw4zi wrote

>How can people cheer on Amazon and Starbuck unionization, and then at the same time be totally OK with this?

Railroad collective bargaining comes second to the US economy. A strike at Starbucks does not disrupt every other industry.

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pervert_hoover t1_iyry78f wrote

the economy would be fine if the owners would just give these guys a few sick days.

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djarvis77 t1_iyml10s wrote

He voted against the sick days. He knew the Senate would pass the contract bill (no matter which way he voted) with or without the sick days.

Therefore he was absolutely willing to force the workers to take a contract they didn't want.

This is just a "Fuck You" vote. You will notice that Cruz and Rubio did vote for the sick days. They wanted to get the workers what they need...but didn't want to force them to take the contract.

Similar to, say, Sanders or Hickenlooper, who voted in favor of the sick days but voted against the contract. That is an example of "wasn't going to force workers to take a contract they didn't agree with".

Toomey's "fuck you" vote was purely just that. A "Fuck you" to the working people and the democratic party.

Toomey is just a piece of shit that doesn't care about the workers or the economy or the american people. He got his, "fuck you" (not you reddit person, the royal you).

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IamSauerKraut t1_iymikr4 wrote

Toomey is a SOS because his sack is short on what should be in there.

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