President Biden is feeling the heat from railroad workers unions as Congress prepares to vote on ways to prevent a crippling strike ahead of next week's deadline.
Biden's leadership blasted the union after he pressed Congress to force the organized labor groups to accept a tentative agreement in order to avert a strike, according to the New York Post.
Sawyer claimed that Biden was labor-friendly and could have proven that he was labor-friendly by asking Congress for legislation to end the threat of a national strike on terms more favorable to workers.
Sawyer said he could not bring himself to advocate for a lousy handful of sick days. The Democrats and Republicans are pawns of big business and the corporations. Four out of twelve unions representing rail workers have refused to ratify a tentative agreement negotiated in September with the help of the Biden administration.
The House plans to vote on Wednesday on legislation implementing the September agreement.
The union representing about 23,000 railroad maintenance workers said it was not enough to share workers concerns. A call to Congress to pass legislation that adopts tentative agreements that excludes paid sick leave ignores the railroad workers concerns. The agreement would give workers 24% raises, $5,000 in bonuses retroactive to 2020 and an additional day of paid leave per year, as well as unpaid time off for doctor s appointments and medical procedures, among other provisions.
Congress can force workers off the picket line by passing legislation with the terms of the provisional agreement.
The Association of American Railroads estimates that a strike could cost the US economy more than $2 billion per day in lost output.