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tonight. a walkout by 60,000 workers could derail the u.s. economy. the biden administration is considering executive action to avoid a shutdown. lets get the latest from cnns pete muntean. >> reporter: it is the latest effort to put the brakes on a possible rail worker strike that could deal a major blow to the economy. bosses representing unions and railroads met with the labor secretary in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal by midnight thursday. thats when 60,000 workers could walk...

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Even if just one of the dozen rail unions go on strike, the other 11, they would honor the picket lines shutting down the railroads. a prolonged freight strike could cause mayhem for the economy. leading retailers warned a strike would amount to a self-inflicted economic disaster, one that would disrupt the flow of goods nationally. they say that means spoiled food, online shopping and the national retail federation called on congress to immediately intervene to avoid catastrophe. the four union...

Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement to avoid a shutdown that would have devastated the economy.

Head off a freight strike. phil mattingly. we got this at 5:04 eastern time. we got an alert from the white house, a statement from the white house that they had a tentative agreement. what more do we know? how high were the stakes here? >> ill start with the last question first which is the enormity of the stakes. think about the repercussions of a strike or lockout that was set to kick into gear as soon as 12:01 a.m. on friday. you think about how goods across every single economic sector are ...