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Livestream: Is the US headed for a national rail strike?
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September 1, 2022
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1:33:08Now PlayingOn Thursday, Sept. 1, from 5-6PM ET, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez and TRNN contributor and journalist Mel Buer will co-host a livestream panel with current/former railroad workers and members of Railroad Workers United to discuss the looming possibility of a massive national rail strike.
The rail industry is experiencing a self-induced crisis as a result of decades of cost-cutting, profit-maximizing executive decisions that have driven rail workers and the supply chain into the ground. In an attempt to mediate between the major freight rail companies and unions representing over 100,000 railroad workers, President Biden appointed a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to offer recommendations for resolving the ongoing contract disputes. But an overwhelming number of surveyed workers seem prepared to reject the PEB's recommendations, and if the current contract dispute isn't resolved the US could be headed towards its largest rail strike in decades.
Tune in live on the TRNN YouTube channel. Viewers will have the opportunity to submit questions for the panel during the livestream.
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