Joe Biden Promised to Be Pro-Labor. Why Is He Asking Rail Workers to Cave on Paid Leave?

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promised on Thursday morning to move “ASAP” on legislation that would avert a costly railroad strike but allow railroad companies to continue exploiting their employees. “The Senate cannot leave until we get the job done,” the New York Democrat said on the Senate floor, a day after the Democrat-led House passed a similar bill undercutting railroad unions at the Biden administration’s direction. “Time,” Schumer said Thursday, “is of the essence.” Railroad workers and their employers have been at loggerheads for months over working conditions, raising the prospect of a strike that could cost the United… Read Full Article