{"id":1755722,"date":"2022-11-29T17:33:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755722"},"modified":"2022-11-29T17:33:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:33:13","slug":"union-allies-turn-on-pro-labor-biden-for-trying-to-prevent-looming-rail-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-allies-turn-on-pro-labor-biden-for-trying-to-prevent-looming-rail-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Allies Turn On \u2018Pro-Labor\u2019 Biden For Trying To Prevent Looming Rail Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funion-allies-turn-on-pro-labor-biden-for-trying-to-prevent-looming-rail-strike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Labor <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/labor-unions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unions<\/a> rebuked President <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> on Tuesday for requesting that <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a> prevent a looming <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/railroads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rail<\/a> strike.<\/p>\n<p>The commander-in-chief said in a Monday evening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-calls-for-congressional-intervention-to-avoid-potentially-crippling-rail-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> that the possible work freeze, which could begin as soon as December 9, would \u201cdevastate\u201d the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economy<\/a> ahead of the holiday season. \u201cAs a proud pro-labor President, I am reluctant to override the ratification procedures and the views of those who voted against the agreement,\u201d he remarked. \u201cBut in this case \u2014 where the economic impact of a shutdown would hurt millions of other working people and families \u2014 I believe Congress must use its powers to adopt this deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division responded in a harsh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwe.org\/secondary.aspx?id=720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> noting that the organization \u201cis deeply disappointed by and disagrees with\u201d the sentiment expressed by Biden. \u201cIt is not enough to \u2018share workers\u2019 concerns.\u2019 A call to Congress to act immediately to pass legislation that adopts tentative agreements that exclude paid sick leave ignores the Railroad Workers\u2019 concerns,\u201d the group said. \u201cIt both denies Railroad Workers their right to strike while also denying them of the benefit they would likely otherwise obtain if they were not denied their right to strike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen President Michael Baldwin likewise affirmed in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/29\/business\/rail-strike-threat-recedes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with CNN Business that intervention from Congress \u201cprevents us from reaching the end of our process\u201d and \u201ctakes away the strength and ability that we have to force bargaining.\u201d The Railway Labor Act, passed in 1926 as the nation became increasingly reliant upon railways, allows Congress to exercise its authority over interstate commerce by preventing rail strikes.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that the lower chamber would vote on enforcing the tentative agreement this week, expressing similar reluctance as Biden to usurp standard union negotiations. \u201cWe must recognize that railroads have been selling out to Wall Street to boost their bottom lines, making obscene profits while demanding more and more from railroad workers,\u201d she asserted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/112822\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>, \u201cbut we must act to prevent a catastrophic nationwide rail strike, which would grind our economy to a halt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden ran for the Oval Office as an ally of labor unions, vowing in his 2020 campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/empowerworkers\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">platform<\/a> to ardently support 40-hour workweeks, paid leave, and health benefits. The tentative agreement greenlit by a majority of the nation\u2019s rail unions guarantees a 24% pay raise and more robust health benefits, while denying paid sick leave.<\/p>\n<p>The daily economic cost of a nationwide rail shutdown could amount to $2 billion, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AAR-Rail-Shutdown-Report-September-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Association of American Railroads, while a <a href=\"https:\/\/rilastagemedia.blob.core.windows.net\/rila-web\/rila.web\/media\/media\/pdfs\/supply%20chain\/rila-rail-labor-dispute.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> from the Retail Industry Leaders Association addressed to Biden noted that freight rail accounts for 40% of long-distance shipping volume in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Even as labor unions decried efforts to shut down a potential strike, various business groups who had asked Congress to intervene expressed support for Biden\u2019s statement. \u201cThe freight rail system is an integral part of America\u2019s transportation system, moving cargo to communities in every corner of the country every day,\u201d National Retail Federation CEO Matthew Shay said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/media-center\/press-releases\/nrf-reiterates-white-house-call-congressional-action-avoid-rail-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>. \u201cWe are in peak holiday shopping season, and it is essential that retailers and other businesses are able to rely on these vital supply chain partners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor unions rebuked President Joe Biden on Tuesday for requesting that Congress prevent a looming rail strike. The commander-in-chief said in a Monday evening statement that the possible work freeze, which could begin as soon as December 9, would \u201cdevastate\u201d the economy ahead of the holiday season. \u201cAs a proud pro-labor President, I am reluctant &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1732919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1755722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1755722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1732919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1755722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1755722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1755722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}