Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among the majority of lawmakers who backed passing the legislation that notably did not include provisions for paid sick leave. A separate measure that also passed the House Wednesday, however, did include such provisions by giving rail workers seven paid days of sick leave each year.
"If Congress intervenes, it should be to have workers' backs and secure their demands in legislation," she tweeted. In another tweet responding to a union that thanked her for backing rail workers' pleas for paid sick leave provisions, Ocasio-Cortez wrote "Stay strong" and "we've got your back."
A lot of media outlets are wrongfully saying that AOC voted against the back to work bill, but if you check the House Clerk website it's clear that she voted "Yea".
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022490
How is the decoupling of the sick leave from HJ 100 anything other than an incredibly obvious scam? In what universe will 10 Republican senators vote to approve the sick leave bill--in what universe will calling a Republican senator's interns convince them to vote against the interests of capital? What are you talking about? Isn't this obviously a ploy by Dems--isn't it obvious that, since there is no path towards the Senate approving the sick leave bill, any nominally pro-worker representatives in the House should've voted as a bloc to defeat the strike-breaking bill?
I would love if there was a nationwide strike that crippled the US's economy but this isn't about what I want. It's about doing whatever the union thinks is the best way for them to get their payed sick days.
I'm telling you what the union's statements were. I'm not going to pretend like I know what's best for the union. The two larger unions of the the four unions planning to strike released statements saying that they think the best thing right now is to try to pass the 7 sick day correction.