{"id":518509,"date":"2022-11-30T03:37:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/union-joe-suddenly-turns-into-union-buster-in-chief-to-save-himself\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T03:37:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:37:58","slug":"union-joe-suddenly-turns-into-union-buster-in-chief-to-save-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/union-joe-suddenly-turns-into-union-buster-in-chief-to-save-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"#Union Joe suddenly turns into Union-Buster-in-Chief \u2014 to save himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4024c7c51f2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4024c7c51f2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/union-joe-suddenly-turns-into-union-buster-in-chief-to-save-himself\/#%E2%80%9CUnion_Joe_suddenly_turns_into_Union-Buster-in-Chief_%E2%80%94_to_save_himself%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Union Joe suddenly turns into Union-Buster-in-Chief \u2014 to save himself&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUnion_Joe_suddenly_turns_into_Union-Buster-in-Chief_%E2%80%94_to_save_himself%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Union Joe suddenly turns into Union-Buster-in-Chief \u2014 to save himself&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Huh! President Joe Biden actually cares more about something than Big Labor: <em>himself.<\/em> He now wants Congress to force rail unions to take a deal and avert a catastrophic strike, even though some unions have already nixed it.<\/p>\n<p>What a departure from the collective-bargaining-above-all <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach he\u2019s long taken. And it\u2019s obvious why: With Americans already facing Bidenflation and a potentially painful recession, a rail strike would utterly slam the nation\u2019s economy \u2014 and his legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am calling on Congress to pass legislation im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely to adopt the Tentative Agreement [reached in September by] railroad workers and operators,\u201d Biden said Monday, insisting no \u201cpath to resolve the dispute at the bargaining table\u201d exists.<\/p>\n<p>Hmm. Just this year he was backing unionization of Amazon workers, warning, \u201cAmazon, here we come. Watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, too, he pushed unionization drives and praised organized labor for winning workers better terms. His proposed Protecting the Right to Organize Act and American Jobs Plan aimed to unionize practically the entire US workforce (by nixing states\u2019 right-to-work laws, for example).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/biden-rail-strike-006.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Biden previously pushed unionization drives. \" class=\"wp-image-24834967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/biden-rail-strike-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/biden-rail-strike-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/biden-rail-strike-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Biden\u2019s Protecting the Right to Organize Act and American Jobs Plan attempted to expand unionization. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Indeed, it\u2019s hard to find Biden legislation that <em>doesn\u2019t<\/em> throw labor bones, no matter the expense to taxpayers, businesses or consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Yet a rail strike now \u2014 right before the holidays \u2014 would send his approval ratings through the floor. It could put 765,000 people out of work within two weeks, cost the economy <em>$2 billion a day<\/em>, raise producer prices 4% and even threaten access to vital chemicals needed to ensure clean water and feed for livestock.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Biden gloated about how the deal he\u2019d secured then proved wrong those who doubted he could head off a strike. Oops: Looks like it didn\u2019t. But it <em>did<\/em> score points for Democrats, delaying potential labor action until after the midterms (though perhaps inviting the unions to demand even more).<\/p>\n<p>So now Union Joe has suddenly become Union-Buster-in-Chief, asking Congress to <em>force <\/em>a deal on workers, and to hell with their \u201cchoices.\u201d It\u2019s the <em>correct <\/em>move: No one wants a rail strike to nuke an already ailing US economy.<\/p>\n<p>But it sure would be nice if the prez finally understood that everyday businesses, taxpayers and consumers are <em>also <\/em>sometimes threatened by greedy unions \u2014 and that disputes between management and workers should <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly be left to themselves, without Uncle Sam\u2019s thumb on the scale.\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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President Joe Biden actually cares more about something than Big Labor: himself. He now wants Congress to force rail unions to take a deal and avert a catastrophic strike, even though some unions have already nixed it. 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