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Railroads and union representatives had been in negotiations for 20 hours at the Labor Department on Wednesday to hammer out a deal, as there was a risk of a...

Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the nation’s freight trains and devastated the economy less than two months before the midterm elections

The tentative deal would head off a Friday strike that would cause major disruptions to both commercial and passenger transit.

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Railroads and union representatives had been in negotiations for 20 hours at the Labor Department to avoid a strike starting on Friday that could have shut down rail lines across the country.

President Joe Biden says a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.

The Biden Admin has asked congress to intervene under Railway Labor Act of 1926, hoping to resolve a dispute between rail workers and their employers.

The strike could have shut down rail lines across the country.

President Joe Biden on Thursday praised negotiators who helped avert a rail strike that could have cost the US economy $2 billion per day.

The tentative labor agreement averts a strike that could have been devastating to the economy before the midterm elections.