Even with the rail strike, his administration kept working behind the scenes, and they finally got paid sick leave last month.

If he would’ve listened to his base, and played the short game, rail workers may have had paid leave a few months sooner, but inflation would’ve almost certainly been much worse, which would’ve hurt even more Americans.

That doesn’t strike me a “backing management.” He was weighing the needs of the general public in addition to the specific needs of rail workers. It may have taken a few months longer, but he was able to get paid sick leave while also getting inflation almost back to normal. That’s pretty damn good.