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Railroad unions and their employers at an impasse: Freight-halting strikes are rare, and this would be the first in 3 decades

  • Written by Erik Loomis, Professor of History, University of Rhode Island
Railroad unions and their employers at an impasse: Freight-halting strikes are rare, and this would be the first in 3 decadesThe federal government sent troops to crush an 1877 rail strike.Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The prospect of a potentially devastating rail workers strike is looming again.

Fears of a strike in September 2022 prompted the Biden administration to pull out all the stops to get a deal between railroads and the largest unions...

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