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Over 300 trade groups press White House to avoid potential rail strike

October 28, 2022

Over 300 national- and state-level trade associations are pressing President Joe Biden to work with railroad unions and their employers to ratify all outstanding tentative labor agreements in order to prevent “a rail shutdown [that] would have a significant impact on the U.S. economy and lead to further inflationary pressure.”

The trade groups sent a letter to Biden dated Thursday asking for the White House’s involvement.

So far, the members of six unions have voted to ratify their labor contracts. However, two unions, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS), recently voted against approving their agreements. Those two unions are renegotiating their proposed deals with the railroads.

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