If events go according to plan this morning, Joe Biden’s deal for ending a rail-industry labor impasse will hit the House floor about now. Nancy Pelosi promised a 9 am introduction for the two-page bill imposing the settlement workers rejected onto them and forcing them to stay at work. The effort won kudos from business interests, but it prompted outrage from workers, some progressive House Democrats, Democrats’ union allies, and even a handful of Republicans who wondered aloud what was so tough about providing even a few days of paid sick leave.Read More
The silence of the progressive chair: Jayapal mum on Biden/Pelosi plan to impose terms on union workers
