That was really an eye opening moment. They didn’t just interject, or caution parties, or attempt to broker a deal. They fucking CRUSHED the workers so hard their kids will remember it. If using a heavy hand was absolutely necessary - and it was not - why not crush the railway companies? The vast majority of the country was behind the workers, so they’d only gain political capital. Instead they took the coldest, most brutal neoliberal position possible. I honestly don’t think the Republicans would have done worse had they been in control.