Biden said he is sympathetic to the union's demand, but he said a rail strike would cause too much economic damage and must be avoided.
President Joe Biden was in the unusual position Tuesday of being praised by business interests and attacked by his normal allies in the labor movement after calling for Congress to move immediately to block a strike by more than 100,000 union members at the nation's freight railroads set for the end of next week.
Union anger at deals, and at BidenBut the membership of four of the unions rejected the tentative deals. The other eight unions are prepared to honor their picket lines and go on strike as well without a deal or Congressional action, and Biden's voiced sympathy for the demands about sick time didn't satisfy some of the union leaders Tuesday.
Baldwin said the unions do not want to go on strike, but it's the only way to win deals at the negotiating table that would have the support of rank-and-file members."The railroads have the ability to fix this problem If they would come to the table and do that, we could move forward without Congressional action," he said.
A strike, set for December 9, would snarled still-struggling supply chains and caused shortages and a spike in prices gasoline, food, automobiles and other goods, causing a body blow for the economy that many fear is already at risk of tipping into a recession. A week-long strike could cost the economy $1 billion, according to an estimate from Anderson Economic Group.
Railroads poised to get what they wantBiden's statement Monday night suggested that railroad strategy had worked.
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