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Originally Posted by rubecube
Wait, you think setting a standard of government forcing contracts and effectively undermining unions is for the greater good? There's a reason quality of life measurements are generally highest in countries with strong unions and union protections.
Hell, you can pretty much track the decline of the working class in the U.S., rise in income inequality, etc., with the decline of strong unions.
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Railroads are pretty much essential infrastructure and government involvement in keeping trains running is not government over step in my book. This was enforcement of a mediated agreement after giving a lot of months to work it out. It wasn't forcing them to take what the companies were offering.
Where is your line? Do you let utility workers strike and turn off all the electricity or gas until they get what they want? Doctors, police, ambulance workers?