Biden has until midnight Thursday to help broker a deal with U.S. railroad workers calling for more predictable working hours before members form picket lines.
Eight of 12 railroad unions had reached tentative deals with the companies as of Wednesday, but other groups are still talking to carriers including the two biggest freight railroad worker unionsA strike at this point would likely impact already-straining U.S.
The IAM represents members of freight rail workers as well as people in the motorcycle manufacturing and aerospace businesses, totaling nearly 600,000 members. They were one of the first unions to reach an initial agreement with the railroads, but now that they’re pulling back it could change the balance of power between the carriers and the Biden administration versus the unions.
Jean-Pierre later added, “this is an issue that can and should be worked out between the rail companies and the unions, not by Congress.”Industries that depend on rail shipments are already mumbling about the possible costs they’ll push onto consumers. The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers trade organization told Bloomberg that railroad shutdowns
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