Originally Posted by
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And yet when they finally get a chance to exert maximum leverage by withholding services, they get a Dem president who intervened with a PEB and now they’ll get a Dem congress who will impose a contract on them before a strike could happen. It’s politics. Each side has their reasons for not supporting unions when it matters most.
Yes, but IMO, which I believe to be more of a fact right now is that inflation is so bad due to supply chain issues and the majority of people without a union are not getting significant pay raises, but the cost of living has skyrocketed.
No party right now will let the rails strike. One week of striking would sink the Democratic party for years. The public will not have sympathy. The carriers will make sure that everyone knows they offered a near offset in inflation with raises and the workers wanted more money. This is what I am saying, they should have stood firm on getting back the 5 and 2 layoffs on top of the raises. Going for the pld's is a huge mistake. If the public knew anything about the schedule and total lack of life as a rail, they would have got sympathy for that issue.
No one wants to get further screwed by inflation because railroaders want extra paid days off when the company offered big raises. Even a rail thinking logically about this situation should realize why no politician will support a strike. It's easy for Bernie to be the lone wolf here. That's his schtick, but he doesn't get to make the big boy decisions that keep Democrats in power.