Biden is trying to avert a rail strike by getting Congress to override negotiations and force the unions to abide by an earlier agreement that was voted down in part because it did not include sick leave. AOC says he's fighting for the wrong side.
Four of the 12 rail unions involved in the contract negotiations have voted down the agreement in recent weeks, representingof the 115,000 affected rail workers. The unions issued furious statements following Biden’s statement, lambasting the president for siding with rail industry owners over workers.
“[P]assing legislation to adopt tentative agreements that exclude paid sick leave for railroad workers will not address rail service issues,” the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, one of the unions that voted against the contract, . “Rather, it will worsen supply chain issues and further sicken, infuriate, and disenfranchise railroad workers as they continue shouldering the burdens of the railroads’ mismanagement.”Biden and Democrats who are supporting the current agreement while praising progressives who are standing up for the sick leave provision.
“The ‘most labor-friendly President in history has proven that he and the Democratic Party are not the friends of labor they have touted themselves to be. These wolves in sheep’s clothing have for decades been in bed with corporate America and have allowed them to continue chipping away at the American middle class and organized labor,” said Railroad Workers United co-chair Gabe Christenson.
“Except for a handful of progressives — notably Bernie Sanders — who have shown their willingness to fight for us, the entire political machine must be changed,” Christenson continued.
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