The Democratic Socialists of America is slamming longtime members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush for voting for a railroad worker deal that does not include paid sick leave.
involved in negotiations. The four dissenting unions, representing about 100,000 rail workers, said the deal was unfair because it included insufficient paid-sick leave time. They had asked for seven paid sick days, but Congress did not include their demand in the bill, despite an effort from progressive lawmakers, including Ocasio-Cortez, and even some conservatives like Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to amend the legislation.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., also a DSA member, voted in favor of the TA but was curiously spared from the group’s criticism. Rep. Jamaal Bowman speaks at the National Action Network’s annual national convention on April 7, 2022, in New York City. Rep. Cori Bush leaves a processing area after being arrested for participating in a sit in with activists from Center for Popular Democracy Action in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on July 19, 2022, in Washington, D.C."We are proud of DSA member Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s vote against the TA, and for sick days," the DSA said."Any vote by Congress to impose a bad contract on workers sides with the boss, and contradicts democratic socialist values.
DSA Class Unity, a group that describes itself as working"both within the DSA and outside of it to support the development of class struggle politics," went a step further than DSA, calling on the group to expel Ocasio-Cortez, Bush and Bowman from its membership.
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