CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill.—Across the country a wave of strikes has grown to tsunami proportions with some 300,000 workers now out on strike and walking the picket lines.
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill.—Across the country a wave of strikes has grown to tsunami proportions with some 300,000 workers now out on strike and walking the picket lines.
They got what, 4 days out of 15 they asked for and nothing else? He’s not a good negotiator.
Rail strikes are common in a lot of the world and they seem to do just fine.
And in any case, the strike doesn’t have to be all or nothing. They can do limited and partial strikes. They could do some days on and off.
This “oh the economy would’ve imploded and thousands would die” narrative is probably partially coming from industry propaganda.
The US is the third most populous and fourth largest country in geographic area in the world. We’re genuinely far more dependent on rail freight for basic functioning than countries that have had rail strikes.
(Which is why we should nationalize the rail system.)