With railroad companies refusing to offer employees a favorable contract, 115,000 railworkers could soon launch a nationwide strike. We spoke with a train engineer about the industry’s brutal working conditions — and why a strike could spread like wildfire.

Might be a good time to stock up on non-perishable foods.

  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    It really is just like the gilded age! I just hope it's not an exact repeat because that means the military will be sent in soon.

    • Soap_Owl [any]
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      2 years ago

      I don't think we have it in us to pull that off anymore

    • Commander_Data [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      They will just do them like they did the air traffic controllers and completely break up the union. Taft-Hartley is garbage.