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After california port congestion caused by lack of manpower and older lorries prohibited from entering the port due to emmission issues, now we have this.
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September 15, 2022 8:07 AM
A rail shutdown could stoke inflation and cost the US economy US$2 billion per day. (AP pic)
DETROIT: Biden administration officials, keen to avert a potential rail shutdown that could disrupt cargo shipments and impede food and fuel supplies, hosted labour contract talks on Wednesday as one of the smaller unions involved in the dispute rejected a deal and Amtrak cancelled long-distance passenger trips.
Railroads including Union Pacific, Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF and Norfolk Southern have until a minute after midnight on Friday to reach deals with three holdout unions representing about 60,000 workers before a work stoppage affecting freight and Amtrak could begin.
A union representing about 4,900 machinists, mechanics and maintenance personnel said on Wednesday its members voted to reject its tentative deal, as other unions could choose to do.
Railroads have offered significant pay increases. Three of 12 unions, representing about half of the 115,000 workers affected by the negotiations, are holding out for better working conditions. Two of those 12 unions, representing more than 11,000 workers, have ratified deals, the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC), which is bargaining on behalf of railroads, said on Wednesday.
Unions are enjoying a surge of public and worker support in the wake of the pandemic – when “essential” employees risked Covid-19 exposure to keep goods moving and employers reaped hefty profits, labour and corporate experts say.
Biden’s administration races to avert rail shutdown
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September 15, 2022 8:07 AM
DETROIT: Biden administration officials, keen to avert a potential rail shutdown that could disrupt cargo shipments and impede food and fuel supplies, hosted labour contract talks on Wednesday as one of the smaller unions involved in the dispute rejected a deal and Amtrak cancelled long-distance passenger trips.
Railroads including Union Pacific, Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF and Norfolk Southern have until a minute after midnight on Friday to reach deals with three holdout unions representing about 60,000 workers before a work stoppage affecting freight and Amtrak could begin.
A union representing about 4,900 machinists, mechanics and maintenance personnel said on Wednesday its members voted to reject its tentative deal, as other unions could choose to do.
Railroads have offered significant pay increases. Three of 12 unions, representing about half of the 115,000 workers affected by the negotiations, are holding out for better working conditions. Two of those 12 unions, representing more than 11,000 workers, have ratified deals, the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC), which is bargaining on behalf of railroads, said on Wednesday.
Unions are enjoying a surge of public and worker support in the wake of the pandemic – when “essential” employees risked Covid-19 exposure to keep goods moving and employers reaped hefty profits, labour and corporate experts say.
