You can be sure whatever Congress does with this will benefit the greedy bastards running the rail companies. Those scumbags are banking record profits just like the petro mafia, while steadily reducing staff over the years. The only real division at this point is sick leave being denied to people forced to work onerous overtime, with family separation all the time, to boot.
Depending on how bad the politicians decide to stick it in, I’ll encourage a wildcat walkout, regardless. Americans can do without their xmas bullshyt for once. Fuck Warren Buffet and the BNSF.
PB News Take: “So now, just a week before a potentially devastating rail strike begins, progressive senators will have to decide whether to try to vote down the agreement because of what they consider a paltry amount of paid leave. Or will they ratify a deal they claim puts cash-rich railroad corporations ahead of workers?”
