Unions Avoid Rail Strike After Congress Prepares to Intervene
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Two unions agreed on labor terms with U.S. freight railroads, reducing the likelihood of a strike, after U.S. lawmakers said they were prepared to intervene in the dispute.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the American Train Dispatchers Association, representing 26,500 workers, reached tentative agreements, the National Railway Labor Conference, a Washington-based group that bargains on behalf of railroads, said in an e-mailed statement last night.