If America's freight railroad workers strike on Friday, thousands of commuters in Chicago will have to find another way to get to work.
Even though the possible rail strike involves America's freight railroad companies, passenger lines like"Could be catastrophic for us commuters," one downtown commuter told FOX 32 Chicago.With a possible rail worker strike looming, Chicago Metra commuters are on edge about whether they will be able to keep riding the train to work after this week.
Schwieterman said while the freight railroad companies and the unions have mostly resolved salary issues, tens of thousands of workers still haven't seen an actual pay raise in almost two years. Metra says if the strike happens, it will be forced to suspend service on four of its lines: the BNSF, and the Union Pacific North, Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific West lines.
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