Rail strike threat renewed as largest rail union rejects labor contract

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The odds of a rail strike have risen after a major union voted down a labor agreement between workers and railroads seeking to end months of stalled negotiations about pay and working conditions.

SMART Transportation Division, which represents the country’s rail conductors, announced on Monday that its members declined to ratify the agreement. Workers at a dozen unions involved in the railroad negotiations have until Dec. 9 to approve the agreement, or the United States could face the prospect of economically devastating rail strikes.

“We stood shoulder to shoulder with our brothers and sisters in SMART-TD and others in rail labor throughout this process and we will continue to stand in solidarity with them as we approach the finish line in this round of negotiations,” said BLET President Dennis Pierce.Even prior to the Monday news, the likelihood of a strike had risen.

While the process of negotiations and voting has lasted for months, the renegade Railroad Workers United has emerged and encouraged the workers of the various unions to vote against the agreement in hopes of even more measures to improve working conditions, according to Politico. After the emergency board, a tentative agreement was reached with the unions in September. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh helped with the negotiations.

 

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