Worried about supply chain problems that are already causing problems for the nation's economy, President Biden took action Friday to prevent 115,000 US railroad workers from going on strike as planned early as Monday morning
A strike would have brought nearly 30% of the nation's freight to a screeching halt. Because those workers are covered by a different labor law than most of the nation's workers, Biden had the power to block a strike by naming a board to try to come up with a compromise labor contract.
Several companies, including food processing giant Archer Daniels Midlan, complain about"inadequate service" now being provided by the railroads with the current staffing levels."ADM is not in a position to tell each railroad how many crew or locomotives they should have, what equipment or other investments they should make, or what operating systems they should employ for their business," said the company.
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