Workers at two of the country's biggest rail unions split over the tentative contract their leaders hashed out with freight rail companies — leaving open the possibility of a rail strike in the middle of the holiday season.
, to walkouts and new organizing campaigns at companies such as Amazon, Starbucks and Apple — have had the potential to bring such wide swaths of the country's economy to a halt.
that a monthlong strike could cost the economy 700,000 jobs and $160 billion and send inflation spiking. In general, the freight rail industry enjoys far higher profit margins than other logistics businesses operating by air or ground and industry groups and federal officials, including, have complained that the companies have been cutting employment and raising prices at the expense of service.
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