The Senate overwhelmingly voted Thursday to prevent a national rail strike from kicking off next week by imposing a collective bargaining agreement negotiated by the Biden White House.
The Senate voted 81-15 to enshrine the terms of a tentative deal unveiled in September that would give 115,000 members of 12 rail unions 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses retroactive to 2020. It also would require that workers pay a larger share of their health insurance costs, but their premiums would be capped at 15% of the total cost of the plan.
The bill’s passage blocks rail unions from carrying out a planned Dec. 9 strike that would have cost the US to lose an estimated $2 billion a day in economic activity and further jammed supply chains during the holiday season.The House on Wednesday passed a provision that would have given union workers seven days paid sick leave in the deal with a 221-207 vote. Sen.
“One of the CEOs in the rail industry makes $20 million a year; another guy makes $14 million a year. They are doing phenomenally well,” he said. “But … over the last six years, they have cut back on their workforce by 30%, which means that workers in the rail industry are asked to do more with less support.”
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