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Reported by Kasie Hunt for MSNBC MSNBC – Rail Union Rep. “Disappointed Vote is Taken From Workers” Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, joined MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt to discuss the ongoing Senate votes on the national rail labor dispute.

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Reported by Isabella Murray, Trish Turner, and Allison Pecorin for ABC News. The Senate on Thursday voted to avert a looming strike of the nation’s railway workers by forcing a labor agreement. A bipartisan majority of senators approved a House bill that will codify a tentative agreement between the rail companies and rail unions, which…

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ABC News  (Video) Transportation Trades Department President at the AFL CIO, Greg Regan, discusses the demands being made by rail workers and the cultural issues within rail corporations.

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Reported by Erik Wasson for Bloomberg Law. The House passed legislation aimed at averting a crippling nationwide US freight rail strike, sending it to the Senate, which could take action as soon as this week. The bill, passed Wednesday on a 290-137 bipartisan vote, would impose a labor agreement hammered out by rail companies, labor…

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Reported by Sarah Zimmerman for Construction Dive. House lawmakers approved a legislative package Wednesday that averts an economically damaging rail strike or lockout while still keeping the door open for workers to secure paid sick leave. Legislators passed two resolutions: One forces four holdout unions to accept their rejected contract as written, which includes the…

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Reported by Jules Roscoe for Vice. Workers’ unions—one of President Biden’s most important voting blocs—are furious that he and Democrats in Congress have sold out freight rail workers by forcing unions to accept the Tentative Agreement they rejected in October. In the statement, Biden self-labels as a “proud pro-labor President,” and says he is “reluctant”…

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Reported by Trains. The House of Representatives will vote today (Wednesday, Nov. 30) on legislation to impose a settlement in the labor dispute between railroads and unions, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday. The House will also consider a separate motion to add seven paid sick days to the tentative agreement reached in September between…

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America’s Workforce Radio with Rick Smith. TTD President Greg Regan joins America’s Work Force Radio to discuss the recently unveiled 2023 legislative agenda, ratified at TTD’s semi-annual executive board meeting alongside 37 union affiliates.

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Reported by Nick Mordowanec for Newsweek. President Joe Biden’s call for congressional intervention to avoid an economically debilitating railroad strike is being met with blowback from unions and politicians. “This is a legacy defining moment for Joe Biden,” the Railroad Workers United (RWU), which represents union members across North America, tweeted on Tuesday. “He is…

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Reported by Michael D. Shear and Emily Cochrane for The New York Times. Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress vowed on Tuesday to pass legislation averting a nationwide rail strike, saying they agreed with President Biden that a work stoppage during the holidays next month would disrupt shipping and deal a devastating blow to the…

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