Here’s another looming crisis that the corrupt Biden regime and communist Democrats don’t seem interested in solving. There may be a railroad strike by Friday, and the union today voted to authorize a strike if no deal is reached. You think things were hard to get before with empty shelves Biden? If this strike happens, we will be worse off than even Venezuela. Of course, that’s how the Democrats would like things to be.
Of course it will give Biden and the Democrats another boogey man to blame too for their failures. Remember the “Putin price hike?”
Another Biden crisis looms.
Nearly 5,000 railway workers at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) voted to reject a tentative contract agreement with railroads and authorize a strike, the union said Wednesday.
IAM members are the first to approve a strike and reject a contract based on recommendations released by a White House-appointed board last month.
The vote reveals that rail workers are not satisfied with the agreement, which calls for 24 percent raises and back pay but doesn’t address workers’ demands for more predictable scheduling and the ability to take time off for doctors’ appointments without being penalized.
IAM said that it would delay strike action until Sept. 29 at noon to allow union leaders to continue negotiations with railroads.
“We look forward to continuing that vital work with a fair contract that ensures our members and their families are treated with the respect they deserve for keeping America’s goods and resources moving through the pandemic,” IAM said in a statement.
More than 115,000 rail workers are legally allowed to strike as of Friday, a move that would shut down the transport of food, fuel and other goods, likely damaging the nation’s strained supply chains and driving up prices.