Top Republican lawmakers are preparing for Congress to intervene in the standoff between the rail carriers and unions, as the Biden administration tries to cajole negotiators into an agreement before a devastating shutdown of the nation’s railroads.
Sens. Roger Wicker and Richard Burr have introduced legislation that would force both sides to accept the contract recommendations made last month by a nonpartisan panel appointed by President Biden. The unions have rejected those recommendations because they do not address workers’ fury over company penalties for missing time due to illness or family emergencies.
in Washington on Wednesday. But should those talks fail, Republicans are prepared to advance legislation that would force workers to accept the board’s recommendations. On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he supports adoption of the board’s recommendations and called on the president to do so the same.
The stakes of the talks are high for the Biden administration, which is desperate to ensure America’s trains keep running but also does not want to undermine the demands of union workers. Walsh, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have been in frequent communication with both sides of negotiations, and Biden has also personally called the unions and carriers to urge a deal.
“I know for sure with covid out there nobody is even testing themselves because they don’t want to lose points,” said Jordan Boone, 41, a BNSF conductor in Galesburg, Illinois, and member of SMART-TED. “I have five kids, and I’ve always missed the kids’ soccer and baseball games and cheerleading, but the new attendance policies make it impossible to go to anything.”
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