• macallik@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I understand your frustration but also encourage you to pay more attention to what happens behind the scenes. Your position on the railroad strike is outdated/misinformed relative to what happened a month ago:

    When Joe Biden and Congress enacted legislation in December that blocked a threatened freight rail strike, many workers angrily faulted Biden for not ensuring that the legislation also guaranteed paid sick days. But since then, union officials says, members of the Biden administration, including the transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, and labor secretary, Marty Walsh, who stepped down on 11 March, lobbied the railroads, telling them it was wrong not to grant paid sick days.

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/01/railroad-workers-union-win-sick-leave

    In other words, Biden instructed his administration to double back and force the hand of the railroad companies to get the union exactly what they wanted.