It’s only 1 year ago Biden signed legislation forcing the railroad unions back to work with only 1 day of paid sick leave per worker per year. While as the author says it “One party is capable of rallying to labor’s side”, that feels very much like putting the bar on the ground.
https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid
I’m not trying to say Biden is a true ally to labor.
But he certainly has more substance to his efforts to attain that title than any Republican has for my entire life.
As gets posted everytime this comes up, the IBEW was in favor of signing the original contract proposed by the railroads. Their Biden back patting is disingenuous. Whatever he did after breaking the strike doesn’t absolve him of being a strike breaker all while calling himself the most pro union president ever.
He should’ve done more, but TBF he then raised it into seven in negotiations with the rail companies.
