House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as party leader, first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress
with his 2020 victory. In September 2021, from the East Room of the White House, he promised to be “the most pro-union president leading the most pro-union administration in American history.”writes that some freight-railway unions have now refused to line up behind a deal Biden helped midwife in September 2022 to avoid a punishing shutdown. Per Olivier:
So Biden is pushing Congress to pass legislation enacting the arrangement over their objections, which are tied to working conditions like a lack of any paid sick leave. If you see a potential political problem there for the president, you’re not wrong. Unions are far weaker than they were decades ago, but they’re crucial to Democratic hopes in places like Pennsylvania.
But the political and economic downsides of a potential strike in December — one plausible way labor could clinch a better deal with the railroads, many of which posted record profits last year — would be much worse.
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