Major freight railroads, in a bid to apply pressure on unions and Congress, say a strike that could come after a key deadline passes next week would cost the economy more than $2 billion a day and disrupt deliveries of all kinds of goods and passenger traffic nationwide.
The Association of American Railroads trade group on Thursday issued a report estimating the dire consequences of a strike. Their report came a day after Labor Secretary Marty Walsh took part in talks in a bid to hammer out an agreement.
A strike or lockout won’t be allowed until next Friday at the soonest under the federal law that governs railroad negotiations.
Five of the 12 unions involved that together represent some 115,000 workers have announced tentative agreements covering over 21,000 workers based on a set of recommendations that a special panel appointed by President Joe Biden made last month. But several key unions are holding out in the hope that the railroads will agree to go beyond those recommendations and address some of their concerns about working conditions.
The Presidential Emergency Board recommended a five-year deal, retroactive to 2020, that includes 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses. But it wants unions to take their concerns about attendance policies, paid leave and expenses to arbitration or to negotiate separately with the railroads. Unions say their workloads have become unbearable after railroads eliminated nearly one-third of their workforces over the past six years.
The railroad trade group said a strike would idle some 7,000 freight trains a day run by CSX, Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern and other railroads and disrupt passenger operations nationwide because Amtrak and half of all commuter rail systems rely at least partly on tracks owned by the freight railroads.
The AAR also said it would be impossible for trucks to pick up the slack if railroads shut down because roughly 467,000 additional trucks a day would be needed to handle all the freight railroads deliver, and there is already a shortage of trucks and drivers.
AAR CEO Ian Jefferies said the unions should accept the recommendations of the Presidential Emergency Board because they would deliver the biggest raises in nearly 50 years and they represent a compromise.
“Should negotiations fail and result in a work stoppage, Congress must act to implement the PEB recommendations,” Jefferies said.
A Labor Department spokesman confirmed that Walsh took part in the talks Wednesday. If this contract dispute does fall to Congress to resolve, lawmakers might be forced to make some difficult decisions in an election year.
A coalition of 31 large agricultural groups sent a letter to Congress Thursday urging lawmakers to be prepared to intervene and block a strike if the two sides can’t reach an agreement before next Friday’s deadline. They say they are already dealing with delayed deliveries because railroads are shorthanded, and the problems would get much worse in a strike even if it were brief.
“Most freight railroads currently lack extra capacity to make up for down time,” the agricultural groups said in their letter. “Thus, a sizable portion of freight backlogged due to a stoppage may never be made up leading to less production from rail-dependent businesses to the detriment of producers and consumers.”
Between this railroad strike, and a pending strike by United Parcel Service (UPS) Drivers (Story Here), the nation could find 95% of its Supply Chain, crippled. If you need to buy something which would be shipped by either of these methods, you'd better order it right now to get delivery before any strike begins.
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As of Friday Sept 9, a sample poll was taken with the IBEW and it's my understanding that the numbers are 80% to 20% in favor of passing the new contract - because neither side wants this going to Congress.
If this is correct, the only way there won't be a new contract and we all go out on strike is because it's a "planned" event - just like the rigged election of 2020.
With everything else going on in the world, it would not surprise me one bit to go to work sometime next week and find that we've been locked out.
Thanks to Hal and others, I've been prepping for "these events" for years now and I'm about as prepared as anyone can be.
The rumors are non-stop. However, to recap - the actual printed memo I read was a "sample poll" of just the Electricians of the I.B.E.W. and the numbers were: 80% for the new contract and 20% against.
In the past, the norm has been that if the Engineers and Conductors of the operating department sign onto the new contract along with one or two of the 'big' unions (Machinist or Electricians) then the others have pretty much fallen in line.
Ultimately, it's anyone's guess - we're in uncharted waters - globally speaking - and who truly knows what's being manipulated behind closed doors!
Your mentality alone will get you killed!
You've actually violated one of the biggest laws in the 'Art of War'. You've under-estimated the abilities, size, logistics and determination of an unknown force.
Silly rabbit. Relax. We all die in the end - no one gets out alive no matter how good you are.
I clearly remember decades ago when I was in boot camp and we asked my drill sergeant who was the fifth member of a 'forward recon' team in Nam to teach us hand to hand combat - I'll never forget his response - he told us if we EVER find ourselves having to resort to 'hand to hand' ".... your position has already been overrun and you're ALREADY dead.... that's why the Army gives you perfectly good weapons to use - fight smart - NOT HARD.....".
I'm HIGHLY confident that with less than 4 ounces of pressure from either my left or right index finger I'll be able to take-out any threat with the greatest of ease... so relax grasshopper... I got this....
The greatest athletes on Earth are going to die because they have no idea how to actually survive, they have no idea how to forage and what to eat. Fighting is only half the battle!
Oh, do tell!???
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“We’re very thankful to God for an opportunity to help restore my reputation which was severely damaged by the 2017 election,” Moore said in a telephone interview.
Ben Stafford, an attorney representing Senate Majority PAC, said in an emailed statement that they believe the ruling would be overturned on appeal.
Moore, a former Republican judge known for his hardline stances opposing same-sex marriage and supporting the public display of Ten Commandments, lost the 2017 Senate race after his campaign was rocked by misconduct allegations against him. Leigh Corfman told The Washington Post and said Moore sexually touched her in 1979 when she was 14 and he was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney. Moore denied the accusation. Other women said Moore dated them, or asked them out on dates, when they were older teens.
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Note: Its already to late, the commies got in who they wanted. So whats the point as it matters to America?
and everything else. If this goes down, it's over, chaos will commence world wide in a matter of hours after this happens.
That may explain some of your logic!
Take care Sammy!
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Coming at a bad time. My duck feed is very low and I won't have the money to stock up until early in October.....
I assume a lot of animal feed comes by train.
One article I read claimed that approximately one year after the collapse, the average weight loss of all the people was approximately 18 pounds.
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