US House passes resolution to prevent rail strike

Would impose the contract terms on unions that have rejected the tentative US rail contract agreement

US railways and lobbyists call for action to prevent rail strike

A strike is possible as soon as December 8th

Chance of US rail strike grows as second union rejects deal

The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen said nearly 61 percent of the workers who voted opposed the five-year contract, even though it included 24 percent raises and $5,000 in bonuses

US rail workers showing unhappiness with working conditions

Handfuls of workers gathered outside railyards across the country in pickets organized by a newly formed workers group separate from the 12 unions that negotiated the deals last week with the major U.S. freight railroads

US rail unions say railroads manipulating shippers

Two largest rail unions in the U.S. said freight railroads' delaying shipments ahead of this week's strike deadline is an attempt to get shippers to increase the pressure on Congress to block a work stoppage by imposing a contract

Three US rail unions reach deal

Tentative deal will deliver 24 percent pay raises, in line with presidential arbitrators' recommendations

US rail union casts doubt on federal contract plan

The head of the nation's largest railroad union says the report designed to help resolve stalled contract talks with freight railroads doesn't do enough to address concerns about working conditions, even though it suggests 24 percent raises

Biden steps in to delay rail strike

President Biden on Friday blocked a freight railroad strike for at least 60 days by naming a board of arbitrators to intervene in the contract dispute