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They ended up getting their sick days and the union explicitly thanked the Biden administration for working tirelessly behind the scenes to make it happen.
“Biden deserves a lot of the credit for achieving this goal for us,” Russo said. “He and his team continued to work behind the scenes to get all of rail labor a fair agreement for paid sick leave.”
https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid#:~:text=“We're%20thankful%20that%20the,national%20agreement%2C”%20Russo%20said.
Unfortunately, there is a large segment of the population for whom it is only convenient to recall only the first half.
News makes more money by writing about misery and discord. For what it's worth, I never saw anything about this either, and am glad I did.
I'm sure it doesn't benefit the wealthy for the workers to feel they have an ally in the current administration. I believe we do.
Oh it's going to be brought up all the time, just not the ending.
They asked for 14, we’re going to strike for at least 7, and got 4 and the ability to turn 3 PTO days into sick days. Not exactly what I would call a victory, but it’s definitely better than nothing.
We have been so cucked by the rich that we call these losses “victories” now.
I hate this “well it’s better than nothing!” Mentality the working class has. Why are Americans such cowards.