If months of negotiations fall short this week, the New Jersey
rail workers who shuttle 105,000 commuters to and from the city each day could walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. March 13.
The union representing the 4,800
rail workers who walked off the job claimed CP was angling to cut their pensions by up to 40 %, despite making a profit in the previous year.
Not exact matches
But the president has long
railed against US companies that hire and produce their goods abroad, touching on the concerns of American
workers who have lost their jobs in manufacturing.
On Monday, Cuomo
railed against corporate CEOs when he spoke to union
workers who are on strike against the Charter Communications Company, which provides cable service to much of New York under the name Spectrum.
Finally, she thanked her supporters and campaign
workers, with special thanks to
rail unions ASLEF and the TSSA
who had nominated her, in the form of a ringing endorsement of the 13 year old repeated conference commitment to take the railways back into public ownership.
He seemed to channel Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders at some points in his talk,
railing against corporate CEOs,
who he says now make 371 times more money than the average
worker.