The nation’s third-largest railroad worker union on Tuesday said it is “deeply disappointed” in President Biden’s call for Congress to prevent a freight rail strike, saying the move could result in Democrats siding with “robber baron railroads” instead of supporting union households.
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED) said the move by Mr. Biden, who bills himself as the most pro-union president in history, could force unions to work under a new agreement that does not include paid sick days.
“It both denies railroad workers their right to strike while also denying them of the benefit they would likely otherwise obtain if they were not denied their right to strike,” the union said of Mr.