#shorts On 11/22/2022, during the press briefing, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Just for once more on the rail labor dispute. The President, a couple of months ago, called the tentative agreement a “big win.” And it wasn’t just the fact that a strike at the time was averted; he was talking about the substance of the agreement. So now that the rank and file — the workers at four of the unions have rejected that agreement, is the President pulling back on his endorsement? Or does he still think this tentative should be implemented?”
MS. Jean-Pierre: Well, here’s what I — here’s what we’re saying — is that it averted a horrible downturn in our economy by that tentative agreement. It was a big deal. What it could have done to our economy would have been devastating.
And so, right now, we’re le- — we are asking the parties involved to come together in good faith and resolve this. We — the President is directly involved, as I have said; Secretary Walsh has been involved, as I’ve said — and not just now, but before the tentative agreement.
And so, look, it was — it was an important — it was an important — the tentative agreement was indeed important, again, because it stopped — it stopped a horrible potential downturn, again, to our economy.
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/qkLPSbT-V9Y
Before Midterm the tentative agreement is a “big win”. Should it be implemented?