Possible railway worker strike could mean more shortages, higher inflation
A possible railway worker strike could devastate economy, leave train passengers stranded.
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A possible railway worker strike could devastate economy, leave train passengers stranded.
Amtrak began to cancel trains scheduled to stop in Bloomington-Normal on Thursday as the country prepared for a freight rail strike that’s already spilling over into passenger service even before it begins.
Amtrak made initial service adjustments on Wednesday in response to a possible freight railroad service interruption that could occur later this week because of a rail strike. It uses the same lines as freight trains.
Amtrak workers are not involved in the labor dispute, but the railroad operates almost all of its 21,000 route miles outside the U.S. Northeast Corridor on track owned, maintained and dispatched by freight railroads.
Early Thursday morning, President Joe Biden said a tentative agreement had been reached to avoid a strike.