#shorts On 11/22/2022, during the press briefing, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “I think — just to drill down on this part of it, not to belabor the point — but there was almost a celebration in the Rose Garden two months ago with the President, with these labor leaders, with management. Is the President surprised to see that these — so many of these — obviously, not all of them, but 4 out of the 12 of these unions have actually rejected a deal which he tried to sell as a strong deal for labor, for these workers involved?”

MS. Jean-Pierre: So I want to be very clear here: The tentative agreement that we signed in September actually helped to prevent an immediate disruption to the economy. So that was important that it was — we were able to prevent that. This administration, it worked to bring unions and rail companies together to reach that agreement. And it kept our rail system working and prevented a disruption, again, to our economy. So that was an important moment as well.

Look, we’re going to be very — we’re going to be steadfast in saying that all parties need to come together, they need to come together in good faith, and we have to prevent a rail shutdown.
Q: celebration with labor leaders 2months ago ? (to delay rail shutdown before midterm?)