I think it's more the knock-on effects of the economic chaos that would hurt him, not being seen as too pro-union. And yeah I agree, the original agreement should have included the sick days. There's a great NYMag blog about why the rail companies are so stubborn on the paid leave front that explained a lot for me as well (TL;DR, it woul…
I think it's more the knock-on effects of the economic chaos that would hurt him, not being seen as too pro-union. And yeah I agree, the original agreement should have included the sick days. There's a great NYMag blog about why the rail companies are so stubborn on the paid leave front that explained a lot for me as well (TL;DR, it would hurt their bottom line exponentially more than upping pay). https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/rail-strike-why-the-railroads-wont-give-in-on-paid-leave-psr-precision-scheduled-railroading.html
Spoiler for anyone who doesn't want to read the full Intelligencer article: it doesn't make the railroads look any better.