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Philadelphia rail workers back on the job after Obama intervenes to end strike

Posted by richrobinson 12 years, 2 months ago to News
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Two things stood out for me. Obama intervened and forced the union back to work. Second, the union rejected 11.5% pay increase over 5 years. They are holding out for 15.5%
SOURCE URL: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/15/obama-intervenes-in-philadelphia-commuter-rail-strike/

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  • Posted by desimarie23 12 years, 2 months ago
    I came on here today to see if anyone would post this article. The same two things stood out for me, mostly your first point- the union workers were 'forced' to return to work. Maybe someone on here will know better than I do...does the President normally intervene in these types of situations? Seems a little bizarre to me...
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    • Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 2 months ago
      Presidents? No. THIS president? He gets involved in anything and everything aside from getting to the bottom of Benghazi, the IRS, Fast and Furious, Securing our borders, fixing the economy... BUT he IS doing what he promised on the campaign trail. He is fundamentally changing America. Anything he can possibly to do weaken this country, and it's people...he's there, baby!
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    • Posted by richrobinson 12 years, 2 months ago
      I wondered about that too. I found articles about the Truman intervention against a steel workers strike and Reagans against the air traffic controllers. Those were significant but I couldn't find how often it has happened.
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      • Posted by Rocky_Road 12 years, 2 months ago
        The Federal air traffic controllers were prohibited, by Federal law, to walk out. It was an obvious safety issue...which they ignored.

        The were fired by Reagan in response, and replaced by new controllers without a single loss of life as a result.

        A POTUS with the same values, and backbone, would be hard to find today!
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    • Posted by preimert1 12 years, 2 months ago
      As best I can remember, Harry Truman threatened to draft the rail workers when they paralyzed transportation during his term and they backed down. Ronald Reagan replaced striking air traffic controllers, bu I forget how that came out.
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      • Posted by richrobinson 12 years, 2 months ago
        We had friends that were controllers. They were not allowed by law to strike. The main issue for them was outdated equipment. News reports said that they just wanted more money. Many of them were quietly hired back. I disagreed with Reagan on this one.
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