The Senate on Thursday voted to force a labor agreement to try and avert a looming strike of the nation's rail workers
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters after meeting with Senate Democrats at the Capitol, Nov. 29, 2022.
"I know that many in Congress shared my reluctance to override the union ratification procedures," he said. "But in this case, the consequences of a shutdown were just too great for working families all across the country. And, the agreement will raise workers' wages by 24%, increase health care benefits, and preserve two person crews.
At Biden's urging, the House on Wednesday passed a law enforcing the September tentative agreement plus separate legislation to add sick days for workers, which had become a major sticking point in the unsuccessful negotiations. Sanders had been urging his colleagues to consider boosting paid leave provisions for the rail workers and spoke on the floor between votes on Thursday.
Biden said on Thursday that Congress would get a deal done to avert a railroad shutdown and that paid sick leave for those union workers would not be "within this agreement."of what had been negotiated between the Presidential Emergency Board and the unions and freight railroad carriers found that the railroad workers essentially didn't have sick days under their current contracts.
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