Except for him stripping rail unions their right to strike, destroying the workers bargaining power despite them being vital to the country's infrastructure.
I have a hard time getting them to read past the title tbh, they're constantly giving links as 'proof' of their nonsense only to find literally the first sentence refuting their own argument.
As a railroader, I can say with 100% certainty, we did not get anywhere near what we asked for. The feeling amongst myself and co workers was that of betrayal.
Tough spot. We had insane inflation and rail is what moves this country. The economic impact of stopping rail would have been pretty ugly. Not sure what Trump would have done, but I have a pretty good idea.
Not downvotong you but my RR unions contract was in arbitration being like 6 years out of contract. In the stages to be sent to the president and it got turned down. This was separate from the big one that got all the media attention
Shatters the idea of pro union Dems. Pro union would've been to deny getting involved and encourage the bosses to prevent a shutdown. Same thing happens when you mention drone strikes under Obama
As much as I feel for the workers, the country was in too fragile of a spot after the global supply chain crisis. A shut down would have been incredibly disastrous.
That’s taking advantage of the situation. I get that’s what’s best for those workers, but it’s not what’s best for the country. That’s another reason why public unions, such as police unions, are so dangerous.
Capital injection post COVID caused rampant inflation. Trump started that process with massive handouts and Biden kept that going to stabilize the economy. It worked and we avoided a recession, but inflation is always the result of pumping that much money into the economy. Also realize supply of everything was constrained because the entire world shut down for 6 months. What specific Biden policies caused inflation?
Can you link me to that policy? You are aware that rates were 7% or more for most of his Presidency? Are you also aware that the president doesn't control monetary policy on that level?
He forced a contract on rail workers that they voted against. That is a fact, this is not a media headline. I am a railroader directly affected by this.
That was basically a photo op. Why does everyone respond exactly this way. He did crush the rail Union. Is there like a call sheet you people are issued?
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u/ccdude14 Feb 21 '25
The most pro union president we've had since fdr.