• Compass Inspector@invariant-marxism.red
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    1 year ago

    Biden was portrayed as the bad guy here because he didn’t let these workers strike due to the real harm this would do to everyone else in the form of shortages and even worse inflation

    If you’re a company, and you know for a fact that daddy government will step in to intervene on your behalf no matter what, is there any reason for you to bargain in good faith?

    • protist@mander.xyz
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      1 year ago

      The government stopped the strike, they didn’t stop contract negotions and all the other pain that comes along with that, and the unions and companies recently came to an agreement giving workers 7 days of sick leave per year (in addition to their paid time off), which is what they were threatening to strike over