This thing is a whole big mess on both sides of the aisle. Pat Toomey is a scumbag, but why would Congress push the other bill making the strike illegal to begin with if they cared about the wellbeing of the workers. JB was stuck with a shit hand. Dont intervene and allow an economic crisis weeks before Xmas or intervene and kneecap the unions. The rail companies would have eventually caved. There is no way they could cover those positions without incurring massive losses.