After calling on Congress to pass legislation forcing railroad unions to accept a labor agreement the Biden administration negotiated in September, President Joe Biden has now signed that bill into law.
The chances of a sanctioned national freight rail strike are over.
A freight rail strike also would have a big potential impact on passenger rail since Amtrak and many commuter railroads rely on tracks owned by the freight railroads. Gee had questions about how an industry as important and profitable as freight railroads could not afford to pay workers on the days that they got sick.“Can we agree that seven paid sick days in a year is something that they can afford?” Gee asked.
Ursula said this would have been a blow to the economy, which is already dealing with record-high inflation. “The strike before the holiday season could have been devastating,” she continued.
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