Dec 4, 2022
Rail works are furious after President Joe Biden on Friday signed bipartisan legislation into law to avert an industry strike that could have had grave economic fallout. FILE - A worker rides a rail car at a BNSF rail crossing in Saginaw, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File / AP Newsroom)One rail worker, Justiun Schaaf, told AP that he had to choose between getting dental work or attending his son's 7th birthday party. "Ultimately I decided to take the day off for my kid's birthday party," he said, adding "Then when I am finally able to get into the dentist four, five, six months later, the tooth is too bad to repair at that point, so I have to get the tooth pulled out" According to Schaff, if he had the option of taking a sick day, he "would have never been in that situation." In comments after he signed the legislation, Biden acknowledged that more work needs to be done, Fox News reports. "Look, I know this bill doesn
