You may be right that the Democratic party hadn’t been labor unions’ best friend during the Clinton and Obama administrations, though it’s interesting to note that the three mainline pilot strikes of the last 25 years occurred during the Clinton and Obama eras. Regardless, it’s difficult to dispute what just occurred in a no-kidding, real life RLA labor dispute that posed far more threat to commerce than if Alaska or any other of the top ten airlines were to go on strike.

Which NMB member voted against releasing the railroad unions from mediation, after less than six months in mediation, in June?

Which legislators introduced legislation in the last few days of the PEB to force rail workers back to work without addressing their concern with sick days? Which legislator blocked them from advancing their legislation?

Why did the rail companies settle with the unions on the 59th day of the PEB, granting the unions the sick days they had, up to that point, been unsuccessful in obtaining?

It seems that this current administration has been extremely friendly to labor unions - at least so far, in the first major test of its friendliness toward labor unions regulated by the RLA.