But in the Senate, passing most legislation—including funding bills—requires 60 votes, not just a simple majority. That means Democrats still have leverage even in the minority.
If Democrats want to claim the mantle of leadership, they need to stop using the American public as leverage and start doing the job they were elected to do. Until then, we’ll keep asking the question they hope we won’t: Who shut the government down—and why are we still letting them?
Yes Virginia, you have a right to Unionize, and a company has a right to close down. Winning.
Let me see if I got this straight. Company pays between $20- $25.00 an hour, offers hospitalization and dental, and the employees vote to unionize.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:
Feibush, who met with available staff in person Monday afternoon, called the shutdown a difficult decision, citing rising costs, reduced sales, and the expiration of leases for a business that he said was never profitable during its 13 years.
”But we pushed forward because we understood the positive impact we were making in our communities and the importance to maintain a level of compensation and benefits … that you each deserved,” he wrote in an email announcing the decision to staff who did not attend Monday’s meetings.
Combined with financial and logistical headwinds, however, “the administrative and legal costs associated with your desire to organize has regrettably moved us beyond any cost that we could sustain,” he wrote.
Employees at a Philadelphia coffee chain may now be regretting their decision to form a union.
Just one week after staff at the OCF Coffee House informed him of their intention to unionize, owner and real estate developer Ori Feibush confirmed that he would be closing all three locations down.
