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Railroad unions decry Biden's plan to block possible strike
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s call for Congress to intervene in the railroad contract dispute undercuts efforts to address workers’ quality of life concerns and unions decried the move.
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President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to pass legislation to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks. Biden said Monday that
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s call for Congress to intervene in the railroad contract dispute undercuts efforts to address workers’ quality of life concerns and unions decried the move.
On Monday, more than 400 groups called on Congress to intervene in the railroad labor standoff that threatens to idle shipments of food and fuel and strand travelers while inflicting billions of dollars of economic damage
President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to pass legislation to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks.
“Let me be clear: a rail shutdown would devastate our economy,” Joe Biden said in a statement. “Without freight rail, many U.S. industries would shut down.”
The nation’s third-largest railroad worker union on Tuesday said it is “deeply disappointed” in President Biden’s call for Congress to prevent a freight rail strike, saying the move could result in Democrats siding with “robber baron railroads” instead of supporting union households.
President Biden on Monday urged Congress to impose a labor agreement brokered by his administration on railroad companies and unions to avert a potentially crippling strike at the height of the holiday season.
President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to pass legislation "immediately" to avert a nationwide rail strike next month that could "devastate our economy" during the holidays. Biden urged lawmakers on Monday to officially adopt a tentative agreement, approved by rail freight labor and management l…
