Advocacy groups joined rail workers and progressives in Congress on Tuesday in calling out President Joe Biden for encouraging legislative action that would avert a December strike and force through a contract with no paid sick leave.
Biden late Monday encouraged Congress to use its authority under the Railway Labor Act of 1926 to advance the White House-brokered deal that was rejected by more than half of the nation's unionized rail workforce. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled the chamber could act as early as Wednesday.
