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This is completely untrue. The workers did not have a choice on any it, but Biden did. Nobody forced him to side with the railroad companies over the workers. That was his doing.
Biden just knifed labor unions in the back. They shouldn’t forget it
Here's some links directly from the unions thanking Biden for working with the unions after the strike was blocked to get them what they wanted.
http://ibew.net/media-center/Articles/22Daily/2208/220917_thanks
https://ky.aflcio.org/news/we-never-stopped-applying-pressure-hard-fought-success-rail-sick-days
And they thanked... Drumroll...
Independent Bernie Sanders for continuing the Congressional pressure after Biden broke their strike.
Look I'm not a Biden fan, I think there's plenty to criticize him for and I would vastly prefer Bernie for president. But critiquing him on this when he got the workers what they wanted while also avoiding a strike which would have negative impacts both to workers and other people sounds like a win win to me and exactly what the president should be doing. Yeah I definitely think going the route of not allowing them to strike is definitely not the best but he did follow through to get them what they wanted. Strikes should be a last resort if a company won't give the workers what they want and if the president can step in and get them what they want without a strike that's generally a good thing.