I would of course yap about them voting no on sick leave, but they were mostly behaving as expected. I wanted more from Biden, who promised to deliver for working people. Sometimes he needs to be more adversarial and not just have some people superficially holding hands. The railroads certainly would not want supply chain collapses around Christmas and possibly losing huge chunks to trucking and shipping...they would have come to the table on sick leave if they had to.
GOP did not want to take a hit on the strike but said no in the time off and somehow that is on Biden?
I guess Obama did not pass on his Green Lantern Ring of Power to Biden so he could just make legislation through sheer will.
Just saying Biden shouldn't applaud this deal. He should send it back unsigned, ask legislators to come up with something better, and point out the barbarity of zero days sick leave in no uncertain terms. I'm not saying that the sick leave debacle isn't on Manchin and GOP callousness. Biden needs to point that out.
Over 20 per cent of Americans get no sick leave. And most of them are paid far less than railroad workers.
The demand for seven was outrageous given the raises and payouts negotiated by Biden.
To your first sentence: logical fallacy. Just because others lack an important workplace protection, doesn't mean unions should capitulate on fighting for such protections when they can.
To your second comment: Good pay does not displace the need for sick days. For one thing, workers are more likely to try and come to work sick if they don't have sick leave...which increases the spread of disease among the workforce. It also can lead to more serious illness when people don't get time off to rest up and recuperate. Many workers support families and will feel the loss of a few days' pay, and so are then reluctant to stay home.
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