All week Bloomberg was saying if there was a rail strike, it would cripple the economy, cause food
shortages, and put us in a dire situation.
This morning, Bloomberg commentators, and I assume others on financial outlets, are saying Biden is anti-labor, despite his campaign promises because of the lack of sick leave in the contract.
It is quite sad that the whole story isn't told. The problem with the sick leave exclusion wasn't because of Biden or the Democrats, but the Senate republicans why the sick leave provision wasn't put in there.
Martin Walsh, the Secretary of Labor is explaining that on Bloomberg, and working to engage both sides to negotiate further. Bloomberg interviewer is asking how Walsh how "those rail workers ever secure the benefits you "claim" to support without the credible threat of a strike"
Walsh threw it right back at Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro, "I hope you have the companies on this show, and ask them that question, why that isn't offered to their employees?
Walsh explained to Ferro, that Congress has acted 19 times on this, because of the consequences of what a strike would do to the country.
In spite of Ferro blaming President Biden for its failure, Walsh again made it clear that while it didn't go far enough, there were gains made, and that he would be talking with the companies to push for sick leave, and other issues, without waiting when the contract is up.