US rail unions decry Biden’s proposal to impose settlement through Congress

Workers could be prevented by congressional decree from striking over paid sick leave and quality-of-life issuesRailroad workers have expressed dismay at Joe Biden’s proposed solution to a looming strike that threatens to derail the US economy, which they say belies his image as the most pro-union president in generations.As a 9 December deadline looms for the long-running labor dispute between the US’s largest railway companies and their unions, Biden has called on Congress to inter