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UAW strike would show Biden, other leaders that it's time to 'pick a side,' union boss says

www.cnbc.com UAW strike would show Biden, other leaders that it's time to 'pick a side,' union boss says

UAW President Shawn Fain's comments add to unusual tension between the leader of the historically Democratic union and Biden.

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www.cnbc.com /2023/09/06/uaw-leader-says-strike-would-send-biden-a-message.html

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OK, but be prepared for them to pick the wrong side
Doesn't the broken-by-Congress railroad strike demonstrate that Biden, et al. have already chosen their side, and that it isn't labor?
- “We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers.
  
  For who didn't, it's worth it to read the whole article. It's this stuff that doesn't make the news.
  
  Thank you for posting this. I'm so tired of the rhetoric surrounding the rail strike.
  
  Its always IBEW
  
  Source: union trying to spin a measly 4 sick days in an entire year as a complete victory while giving Biden oversized credit for merely APPOINTING the people who did all the work.
  
  While he DOES deserve a little credit for appointing good pro-union people to the relevant posts, this wasn't his doing.
  
  The only thing HE did personally was use his influence as president to effectively strip them of their hard won right to strike by forcing them to (provisionally, but still) accept a bad agreement from his owner donors in the corrupt rail industry.
  
  Not a union that had and still has strike-worthy grievances, or a major union within the railroad industry. Has made a great pro-Biden press piece though.
  
  Yep. I was hoping someone would comment this. He didn't want to take an economic hit right before the midterms, so broke the strike but also essentially made the reailroad give concessions.
- Media cycles have broken people's memory.
Oh this is very different from a UAV strike.
- It's the Unmanned Aerial Wehicle, it's not that different.
Yeah! Strike! Time to show these tuckers who has the power.
Are the people in charge of unions this naive, or is this is just a pandering political statement

Democrats are just a capitalistic spinoff to appeal to the left, and prevent any true left movement to gain steam
Guaranteed that Biden would convince the rest of the Dems to override their rights, just like with the rail workers.

It's frankly ridiculous that anyone still thinks he's pro-labor. He's on the side of management every time.

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