Railroad worker strike incoming - shortages about to get critical

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Re: Railroad worker strike incoming - shortages about to get critical

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To be expected the railroad unions are pissed that the September agreement is getting forced on them by Congress and Biden. The second bill passed by the House to impose 7 days of paid sick leave for railroad workers may have had a better chance of passing the Senate had it been only the typical 40 hours of sick leave:

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/rail-un ... d=94343427

I hadn't considered that a extended railroad strike might affect municipal water treatment with a loss of chlorine and other water treatment products. Even more motivation to store adequate potable water supplies:

https://www.tpomag.com/online_exclusive ... trike-ends


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Re: Railroad worker strike incoming - shortages about to get critical

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I don't know enough about the grievances to say whether I agree with one side or the other. However .. IMO the unions had all the power before the election and have lost their trump card.
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