…exceptional is that it comes at the behest of Joe Biden, a president who terms himself the most union-friendly in the nation’s history, and at a time when the Democratic…
…as lawmakers responded quickly to President Joe Biden’s call for federal intervention in a long-running labor dispute. The Senate passed a bill to bind rail companies and workers to a…
…isn’t over.” Biden thanked Democrats and Republicans in Congress for swiftly passing the legislation. “I know this was a tough vote for members of both parties,” Biden said. “It was…
…me. But it was the right thing to do at the moment. To save jobs.” Senate Democrats, under pressure from progressives to insist on the additional compensated time off for…
…doorstep of the Biden Administration and the U.S. Congress. While we are grateful to the 52 Senators, 218 House Democrats, and 3 lone House Republicans who stood with rail workers…
…“Railroad workers are at their breaking point. An extension of the status quo will also deny railroad workers a much needed and well-deserved increase to their pay during a period…
Reported by Timothy Noah for The New Republic. From time to time the Democrats are given an opportunity to demonstrate that they’re still the party of the working class. They…
…billion per day hit to the economy. The bill would impose a compromise labor agreement brokered by the Biden administration that was ultimately voted down by four of the 12…
…one that Biden insisted was necessary, considering that negotiations among the parties had ground to a standstill. Biden is expected to sign the bill quickly. “I know that many in…
…to come back until next Monday, late in the afternoon. President Joe Biden pushed Democratic leadership to get this legislation passed quickly to prevent a strike that would have shut…