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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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Reported by James Politi and Taylor Nicole Rogers for the Financial Times. Joe Biden has often portrayed himself as the most pro-union president in American history, with his sympathy for blue-collar workers dating back to his childhood in the Pennsylvania rustbelt. But faced with a potential strike of railroad unions that could have a crippling effect…

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AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department President Greg Regan joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed how policies have exacerbated a worker shortage in the railroad industry.  Most of the issues faced by the railroad industry stem from a 30 percent cut in the workforce, Regan said. These companies have enacted draconian attendance policies that discourage…

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Reported in the Labor Tribune. With holiday shopping fully underway, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union wants shoppers to be kind to often-stressed retail workers. In a series of tweets posted on the union website, but meant for the general public, the union explains that the problems customers will encounter between now and the…

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Reported by Justin Franz for the Montana Free Press. A sense of deja vu is overtaking the U.S. railroad industry this week as labor leaders and major railroad representatives try to figure out how to avoid a strike that could bring freight and passenger trains to a halt in the middle of the busy holiday…

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Reported by Mark Gruenberg for People’s World. The “anti-PRO Act.” Slow-walking union recognition elections. No card check. Comp time instead of overtime. Convoluted requirements bosses can impose on workers seeking paid family and medical leave. And partisan investigations, especially of Biden-named NLRB members Gwynne Wilcox and David Prouty, coming out of our ears. Welcome to…

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Reported by Gregory Polek for AIN. The Air Line Pilots Association again has raised objections to what it calls airlines’ improper use of U.S. work visas to recruit foreign temporary pilots and shift flying away from U.S. aviation workers. The most recent complaint stems from the removal of a clause in the Department of Transportation’s approval…

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Reported by Eleanor Mueller for Politico. More than half of freight rail workers will vote on proposed contracts next week amid a highly organized effort by some of their colleagues to urge a “no” vote. It’s the biggest test yet of the Biden administration’s push to avert an economically crippling rail strike after it helped…

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Reported by Zachary Halaschak for the Washington Examiner.  The risk of a disruptive strike is growing after another union voted down a labor agreement between rail workers and railroads that would end months of negotiations over pay and working conditions. The deadline for the agreement’s approval is just weeks away. Workers at a dozen unions…

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