Unless a deal is reached, about 60,000 freight railroad workers will go on strike starting Friday. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from USATODAY, dcexaminer and TrainsMagazine: RailStrike SupplyChains
The National Industrial Transportation League, the largest and oldest group of rail shippers, has asked congressional leaders to prevent a railroad strike or lockout that could begin as early as 12:01 a.m. on Friday.
Meanwhile, the Class I railroads today reached a tentative agreement with the National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, SEIU, the ninth such deal reached with rail labor since the Presidential Emergency Board issued its contract recommendations last month. The unions representing locomotive engineers, conductors, yardmasters, and signal workers have yet to reach tentative deals with the...