SELVIG ISSUES STATEMENT ON PENDING RAILROAD WORKERS' STRIKE AND HAGEMAN'S SILENCE

Railroad workers are preparing to strike tomorrow due to stalled labor disputes. The Biden administration's Presidential Emergency Board issued recommendations that did not address the union members' requests for medical/sick-days off, and Congress could get further involved to the detriment of everyone.

Marissa Selvig, Wyoming Constitution Party nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives issued the following statement today:

"I stand with the Railroad workers. Their request for fair working conditions that do not pose a hazard to their physical and mental health is not extreme considering the hours they are currently being asked to work, constant on-call schedules they are being asked to keep and carriers' draconian attendance policies. These essential workers and their families are suffering and they deserve to have their fight without Congressional involvement."

"I believe Congress should exercise restraint by NOT participating in nor forcing certain agreements in these labor negotiations. If they do opt to use their Article 1 Section 8 authority under the commerce clause, in my opinion, they should absolutely side with the workers. These essential workers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect by their employers. What they are asking for, the ability to stay home sick without fearing for their jobs, is not too much to ask. Their request is simple and it should not be a threat to the entire US economy and yet, today, it is."

"The silence of Republican nominee Harriet Hageman on this critical issue is deafening. Would she have agreed with Senators Lummis and Barrasso yesterday supporting the corporations, or would she have taken a stand for these essential workers' rights? The people of Wyoming deserve to know where she stands on this, especially since she has now refused to participate in any debates for the general election. I consider this race to be the longest and most important job interview of my life and debates are a part of that process. Mrs. Hageman seems to believe that she deserves to get the job without submitting to the final round of interviews. This is what Democrats are doing in contested races across the nation."

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