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The rail industry can thank Congress and the president for helping it secure $321 million in annual profits at the expense of workers. By Sonali Kolhatkar

Biden and Team Dem held fast to their anti-worker loyalities by stomping on a rail strike without also providing for paid sick leave.

The Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to impose a labor agreement between rail companies and union workers who have been locked in a stubborn stalemate, moving with uncommon speed to avert a potential Christmas season rail strike poised to jeopardize shipping across the country.

Many of the more than 100,000 freight rail workers whose unions have been negotiating a new labor contract since 2020 feel betrayed by President Biden’s call for Congress to impose a labor agreement.

The request for Congress to impose contract terms that several unions had rejected rankled rank-and-file members who had rallied behind the president.