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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, December 23, 2024
A contract dispute between the nation's largest railroads and 115,000 of their workers is nearing escalation to a strike that could idle more than 7,000 trains, potentially halting the movement of grain during the harvest season.
The four largest U.S. railroads are optimistic about their plans to recruit more workers headed into the fall harvest, but Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman has expressed concern about how ready the railroads are.
Ag groups are calling into question a number of practices employed by the nation’s rail carriers and the Surface Transportation Board is taking action in an effort to hold companies accountable.
As things sit right now, railroad companies have until the end of the year to be in compliance with Positive Train Control, and members of Congress have made it clear that they have no desire to add flexibility to that timeline.
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