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Key FactsAs a railroad workers strike looms, several Seattle Amtrak trips are canceled.
Apr 23, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- Amtrak's Seattle-Chicago and Seattle-California routes were among those canceled in preparation for a railroad employees' strike on Friday.
- With the Empire Builder and Coast Starlight lines already on the chopping block, Amtrak may increase cancellations if the railways and freight rail workers unions fail to strike a deal by 9 p.m. Thursday.
- Most Amtrak trains travel on freight railroad tracks and cannot operate if the tracks are closed due to a work stoppage.
- "BNSF controls all train movements in this area and therefore the potential strike will affect Amtrak Cascades trains because they cannot operate without dispatchers," Matkin explained.
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Key FactsCongress Moves to Avoid Rail Strike With Senate Vote
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- The law, which would compel a labor deal between rail firms and workers in the face of a strike, is now ready for President Biden to sign.
- Mr. Biden had championed the negotiations that led to the provisional agreement, which his administration assisted in reaching under the Railway Labor Act, a 1926 statute that authorizes the president to interfere in rail labor disputes that threaten to disrupt important commerce or transportation service.
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- A combination of six of the main freight rail corporations signed agreements with eight of the twelve rail worker unions.
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