I'm not entirely sure that siding with the union would have hurt is approval rating. Unions are pretty popular right now. And, the rail companies are pretty unpopular even with other companies.
If he actually wanted to be pro-union while avoiding the strike, couldn't he have made the proposed legislation to be the union's demands instead of the compromise? It would have been a nice FU to the rail companies that have been bargaining in bad faith and destroying freight rail in the US.
A disgraceful heel-turn from a disgrace. Really reprehensible shit. Good blog though.
I'm not entirely sure that siding with the union would have hurt is approval rating. Unions are pretty popular right now. And, the rail companies are pretty unpopular even with other companies.
If he actually wanted to be pro-union while avoiding the strike, couldn't he have made the proposed legislation to be the union's demands instead of the compromise? It would have been a nice FU to the rail companies that have been bargaining in bad faith and destroying freight rail in the US.