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Congress enforces railroad labor contract, preventing strike

Justin Franz

Montana Free Press

The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to force four railroad unions to accept the terms of a labor contract their members had previously rejected, preventing a possible strike that would have brought freight and passenger trains to a halt across the nation as early as next week. 

It was the first time in 30 years that the federal government wielded the power to prevent railroad strikes given to it by the Railway Labor Act of 1926.

The vote brought to an end a months-long standoff between labor and railroad management that stemmed from a contentious round of con...

 

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