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A recently dodged transportation crisis between the country’s biggest railroads and the employees who work for them put the question of sick leave, and who does and doesn’t get it in America, squarely at the forefront of national debate. One of the major sticking points in negotiations between the nation’s railroads and the unions representing…

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Reported by Chris Isidore for CNN. The 11th hour deal that prevented a crippling strike at the nation’s freight railroads is the biggest win for US unions in years. The agreement, reached in the early hours Thursday, kept more than 50,000 engineers and conductors on the job, and won members the changes in work rules…

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President Joe Biden’s allies are counting on political dividends from the agreement he brokered to avert a disastrous railroad strike, yet there’s still a risk the deal falters before November’s elections. Biden, who ran for office on a pledge to keep the nation’s proverbial trains running on time, managed to keep engineers and rail yard…

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President Biden on Thursday celebrated a last-minute agreement between railway companies and union leaders averting a potential strike that could have slowed commerce and delivered another blow to an already volatile economy. “This agreement is a big win for America,” Biden said during a hastily arranged event in the White House Rose Garden. “It’s a…

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As the White House on Thursday celebrated a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide rail strike that could have devastated the economy, union officials cautioned that not everything is signed, sealed and delivered. Most crucial in the days ahead: Workers across a dozen unions need to vote to ratify the compromise. “There’s going to be…

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Reported by Ben White and Eleanor Mueller for Politico. President Joe Biden narrowly avoided an economic and political debacle on Thursday as senior administration officials helped salvage a tentative, last-minute deal to avert a devastating railroad strike. And it almost didn’t happen. Steering clear of disaster required some 20 straight hours of talks beginning Wednesday…

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The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO has offered its support for Surface Transportation Board vice chairman Robert Primus, who is seeking to serve a second term on the STB. “During his current term, Mr. Primus has demonstrated an expert understanding of the economic state of the railroad industry, including widespread service and staffing issues,”…

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On the heels of the latest round of labor negotiations between the National Mediation Board, unions, and freight railroads, the Association of American Railroads has released a report projecting that the economic impact of a nationwide railroad strike could be more than $2 billion a day. So far, five of the 12 unions, representing 21,000…

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A potential nationwide freight rail strike is looming, threatening to cripple the U.S. economy ahead of the holiday shopping season and November’s midterm elections. Roughly 115,000 rail workers could walk off the job as soon as Sept. 16 if they cannot agree to a new contract with railroads. That’s the first day workers could legally…

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