[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Prepper ping - USA Supply Chain at risk with Union Railroad workers, who can go on strike( 9/17/22- this weekend !)
Five out of 12 railroad unions have already agreed to the new contract;
two of the remaining unions are the largest rail unions and have the most national impact
Where is Mayor Pete ?

" Lawmakers are under pressure to avert a rail worker strike as soon as this week
that would batter the nation’s economy just before November’s midterm elections.

Republican senators introduced a resolution to impose a new contract if negotiations between railroads and unions collapse,
while Democrats say they would pass legislation to block a rail shutdown if necessary.
More than 115,000 rail workers will be legally allowed to strike on Friday. "

[RedMonqey]

What’s this “legally allowed to strike” business?

Who do these workers have to answer to? Feds?

Postal workers aren’t allowed to strike because they’re bound to “binding arbitration”.

[Mama Shawna]

And if those 115k workers just decide not to show up, exactly WHAT do the Democrats plan to do? You can pass all the legislation you want, but it’s gonna be a bit difficult to make them all go to work. This should be interesting.

[griswold3]

When asked if railroad workers should strike once released from the “cooling-off” period required by the Railway Labor Act, 96 percent said they should.