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Joe Biden has reportedly become more open in recent days to hearing arguments that he should step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate after the party’s two main congressional leaders told him they doubted his ability to beat Donald Trump.

While continuing to insist he will be the party’s nominee in November, the president has reportedly started asking questions about negative polling data and whether Vice-President Kamala Harris, considered the favourite to replace him if were to withdraw, fares better.

The indications of a possible rethink come after Biden tested positive on Wednesday for Covid-19, forcing him to isolate for several days while curtailing a campaigning visit to Nevada that had been part of a drive to show his candidacy was very much alive.

It also coincides with fresh polling data showing that he now trails Trump by two points in Virginia, a state he won by 10 points in 2020.

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[-] blazera@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The guy that outlawed a union strike?

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 months ago

i mean that was congress and biden kept working to get the deal done and the unions specifically thanked him for it

https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid

[-] blazera@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

No that was predominantly Biden himself, who issued an executive order to create a presidential emergency board to intervene in the negotiations, and proposed a deal. Union workers did not accept the deal and planned to strike, and Biden requested democrats force the unions to accept the deal and outlaw the strike. Notably, against the wishes of Bernie who opposed the legislation for containing zero sick days for rail workers.

Also notably, IBEW was in favor of that deal from the start, and they are an electrical workers union. They always had the sick days. Not all rail workers got sick days, they didnt get as much as if they had the ability to strike, and most importantly of all lost all of the future leverage that comes with collective bargaining.

Biden outlawed a union strike, period.

[-] archomrade@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

Still a net loss for the rail union.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

getting everything they wanted is a net loss ok

[-] archomrade@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

They undercut the effectiveness of any future strike by intervening on the railway's behalf.

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