House Votes To Avert Rail Strike, Impose Deal On Unions
The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday.
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Railroad Unions Decry Biden’s Plan To Block Possible Strike
Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that lawmakers will be asked to vote Wednesday to impose the terms of the deals the 12 unions agreed to before an original strike deadline in September.
Biden Calls On Congress To Head Off Potential Rail Strike
President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said lawmakers would take up legislation this week to impose the deal that unions agreed to in September.