Railroad freight companies cutting service ahead of potential nationwide strike

[SugarDaddy1]

Four of the nation’s largest railroad companies have begun scaling back service ahead of a potential nationwide strike that could result in massive supply chain delays.

BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific announced embargoes on selected shipments this week. Negotiations with two of the nation’s largest rail unions, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division (SMART-TD) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), have until Friday to avoid a shutdown.

"Although the rail industry has reached tentative agreements with 10 of the 12 unions involved in current negotiations, two holdouts have been unwilling to come to an agreement based on the recommendations of President Joe Biden’s Presidential Emergency Board,” Norfolk Southern said in a statement on Friday.

“As a result, Norfolk Southern must now begin to prepare for the possibility of a strike at the conclusion of the current cooling-off period on September 16. Most importantly, we must ensure that hazardous and other security-sensitive freight is properly secured so it is not left stranded in the event of a sudden strike,” it added.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/rail...-service-ahead-of-potential-nationwide-strike

 

[ll74]

Good for them. Hopefully the employers meet their demands quickly to resolve the dispute

 

[phrodeau]

Maybe they’ll demand fewer pipelines.

 

[ll74]

https://apnews.com/article/biden-economy-strikes-congress-94089be6a4f469444da99fec9dde1b3e

The president brought business and union leaders to the Oval Office on Thursday morning, then hailed the deal in remarks in the White House Rose Garden.

“This agreement is validation of what I’ve always believed, unions and management can work together — can work together — for the benefit of everyone,” Biden declared

And scene

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Poor miles.