{"id":17793,"date":"2022-11-29T20:54:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T01:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=17793"},"modified":"2022-11-29T20:59:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T01:59:44","slug":"new-york-post-pro-union-biden-trounces-railway-worker-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/29\/new-york-post-pro-union-biden-trounces-railway-worker-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Post: Pro-Union Biden Trounces Railway Worker Unions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9833\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck-800x536.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/train-wreck.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>New York Post, November 30, 2022<\/h2>\n<h1 class=\"headline headline--single\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/29\/bidens-hypocrisy-on-unions-everyone-else-pays-but-him\/\">Biden\u2019s hypocrisy on unions: Everyone else pays but him<\/a><\/h1>\n<div class=\"article-header__meta\" aria-label=\"Byline\">\n<div class=\"byline meta meta--byline\">By <a class=\"meta__link\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/29\/bidens-hypocrisy-on-unions-everyone-else-pays-but-him\/#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"flyout-james-bovard\">James Bovard<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2009intend to be the most \u2009pro-union president \u2009leading the most pro- union administration in American history,\u201d President Biden promised last year. At least<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/29\/union-joe-suddenly-turns-into-union-buster-in-chief-to-save-himself\/\"> until a rail strike threatened his poll numbers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden is hammering Congress to enact legislation to effectively outlaw a strike next week by 100,000 railroad freight workers. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/21\/biggest-us-rail-union-rejects-labor-deal-sparking-holiday-strike-concerns\/\">Unions are threatening a work stoppage<\/a> to compel railroad owners to provide sick leave.<\/p>\n<p>Biden declared in April, \u201cWorkers who join a union gain power \u2014 the power over decisions that affect their lives.\u201d But not as much power as the president has over them.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal activists are stunned at Biden\u2019s apparent betrayal of rank-and-file workers. But the Democrats\u2019 posturing is no surprise. Unions are great \u2014 if someone else pays.<\/p>\n<p>When Congress dished out $52 billion in subsidies for new semiconductor factories, Biden boasted last month in Syracuse that all the construction labor would be union jobs \u2014 even though the high-wage scales would help make the factory uncompetitive on world markets. (The Empire Center noted \u201croughly two-thirds of Central New York construction workers will be excluded\u201d from those jobs because they aren\u2019t union members.)<\/p>\n<p>In an April speech to the Building Trades Unions, Biden hailed a push for unionization by Staten Island warehouse workers employed by Amazon: \u201cBy the way, Amazon, here we come. Watch! Watch!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In May, Biden held a White House photo op including leaders of<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/17\/starbucks-hit-by-strike-as-2000-unionized-workers-walkout-on-red-cup-day\/\"> the Starbucks Workers United<\/a>, which is pushing to unionize the 400,000 baristas and other staff at the 15,000 Starbucks locales in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Starbucks chief flack A.J. Jones complained after that meeting: \u201cAmerican workers have the absolute right to decide for themselves to unionize, or not to unionize, without any undue influences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s biggest and most disastrous pro-union intervention was his kowtowing to teachers unions to perpetuate school shutdowns during the COVID pandemic. Biden policymakers let teacher unions rewrite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance that justified keeping schools closed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"comments-inline-cta\" data-comment-count=\"\" data-prompt=\"What do you think?\"><\/div>\n<p>A disruptive rail strike would be as bad for the economy as school closures were for kids. But this time, Biden worries his party will pay a political price.<\/p>\n<p>Think of that hypocrisy the next time the president tries to meddle in private industries like Amazon and Starbucks. Or when it\u2019s your kids being taught by a bad teacher protected by a union. Biden and the Democrats don\u2019t care who suffers \u2014 as long as it\u2019s not them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Post, November 30, 2022 Biden\u2019s hypocrisy on unions: Everyone else pays but him By James Bovard \u201cI\u2009intend to be the most \u2009pro-union president \u2009leading the most pro- union administration in American history,\u201d President Biden promised last year. At least until a rail strike threatened his poll numbers. 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