A BNSF freight train at Whitefish Depot on Wednesday, Sept. 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
September 14, 2022
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Railroad strike might be in order
I have closely followed the two and a half year long saga of contract negotiations between the nation’s major railroads and labor organizations from the perspective of a former BNSF Railway employee and SMART-TD union representative.
Unions vote down contracts, renewing threat of rail shutdown
In the last three weeks, members of two different railroad unions have rejected the contract their leaders negotiated, reviving the possibility of a nationwide railroad shutdown as early as this month.
Empire Builder back on track following union deal
Freight rail companies and unions representing tens of thousands of workers reached a tentative agreement to avoid what would have been an economically damaging strike, after all-night talks brokered by Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh, President Biden said early Thursday morning.
Empire Builder mothballed as strike looms
Rail riders will face difficulty making their way west from Montana for the time being after Amtrak announced Monday it shut down the Empire Builder route as a possible labor strike threatens to derail the nation’s freight train lines.