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Rail Union Extends Cooling Off Period, Continues Talks to Avoid Strike
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 Nov. 9, 2022 | RAILROADS | The railroad union Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees-IBT announced Wednesday it is extending talks to Dec. 9 in an effort to avert a possibly catastrophic U.S. freight rail strike. The Teamsters-affiliated union said in a statement: "This is the railroads' last chance to do the right thing by voluntarily agreeing to provide paid sick leave to all employees. If the railroads fail to give up one penny of every dollar of profit for paid sick leave for their highly valued employees by December 8, and there is either a strike or lockout or both, then the railroads will be responsible for the imposition of a shutdown of their operations and the economic harms to its customers, the country's economic supply chain and the entire U.S. economy." UPI (United Press International)
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