Metra spokesperson confirms late evening trains will now run as scheduled Thursday night.
President Biden announced the agreement amid thousands of rail workers threatening to walk off the job."We are happy to report that in the overnight hours a tentative agreement was reached between freight railroads and their unions, averting a strike that could have started tonight and halted service on the BNSF and three Union Pacific lines. We are greatly relieved that we will be able to continue to provide the safe and reliable service that you deserve and that you rely upon.
I thank the unions and rail companies for negotiating in good faith and reaching a tentative agreement that will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruption of our economy. I am grateful for the hard work that Secretaries Walsh, Buttigieg, and Vilsack, and NEC Director Deese put into reaching this tentative agreement. I especially want to thank Secretary Walsh for his tireless, around-the-clock efforts that delivered a win for the hard working people of the US rail industry: as a result, we will keep Americans on the job in all the industries in this country that are touched by this vital industry.
For the American people, the hard work done to reach this tentative agreement means that our economy can avert the significant damage any shutdown would have brought. With unemployment still near record lows and signs of progress in lowering costs, tonight's agreement allows us to continue to fight for long term economic growth that finally works for working families."
According to the National Carriers' Conference Committee, which represents the nation's freight railroads, the tentative deal includes an immediate 14.1% pay raise for 60,000 railroad employees represented by three railroad unions, a total 24% pay raise from 2020 through 2024, and five annual $1,000 lump sum payments.
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