Judd Legum

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3. The railroad companies can certainly afford it. Providing 15 days of paid sick leave would cost the industry roughly $688 million per year Last year, railroad companies generated over $23 BILLION in profit https://t.co/e1rvIbakcB — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 29, 2022

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2. The argument advanced by corporate lobbying groups is that rail workers are ESSENTIAL and a strike would be an ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE But if these workers are so essential, shouldn't they get a few paid sick days? https://t.co/e1rvIbakcB — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 29, 2022

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4. To put this in perspective, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway owns BNSF, one of the nation's largest rail companies One day last week, Buffett's net worth increased by $1.38 BILLION. That's enough to pay for 15 DAYS of paid sick leave for the entire workforce for two years — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 29, 2022