Coal, Climate and some Crazies!
By Duggan Flanakin ~
Remember that rail strike that President Biden saved us all from just in the nick of time – right before the November elections? It was in late September that the President announced a deal between rail companies and union negotiators that staved off a “real economic crisis.”
As Biden himself explained, “The alternative was just not thinkable. If, in fact, they’d gone on a strike, the supply chains in this country would’ve come to a screeching halt. We would’ve seen a real economic crisis.” He proclaimed his handiwork as a “win” for everyone and the U.S. economy. The railroads boasted it was the “most generous contract in modern history.”
Hardly mentioned during the hoop-la over the “deal” in which rail workers won a 24-percent wage increase over a 5-year period (dating back to 2020), as well as an average $11,000 immediate payout upon ratification was this caveat:
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