Trucking associations enchantment to Congress to behave on rail contract talks
Quite a few trucking organizations have been amongst some 400 enterprise associations and teams that Monday, Nov. 28, despatched a letter to congressional leaders asking Congress to intervene in talks to settle contract talks between the nation’s freight railroads and their unions. The letter warned of dire financial penalties if a settlement shouldn’t be reached by Dec. 9.
Additionally on Monday President Joe Biden requested Congress to intervene and block a railroad strike earlier than subsequent month’s deadline within the stalled contract talks. Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi mentioned lawmakers would take up laws this week to impose the deal that unions agreed to in September.
“Let me be clear: a rail shutdown would devastate our economic system,” Biden mentioned in an announcement. “With out freight rail, many U.S. industries would shut down.”
The letter from enterprise organizations partly mentioned:
“We write you immediately on a matter of grave urgency. As soon as once more, the USA is going through the specter of a significant rail strike between the main freight railroads and 12 labor unions, the second such time in lower than three months. A stoppage of rail service for any period could be extraordinarily damaging to American households and our economic system, costing $2 billion {dollars} per day. As supplied for below federal regulation and in line with previous apply, Congress have to be ready to intervene earlier than the top of the present “establishment” interval on December 9 to make sure continued rail service ought to railroads and 4 unions fail to achieve a voluntary settlement. A strike by anyone union would assuredly lead to a stoppage of nationwide rail service.”
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The letter provides:
“Many companies will see the impacts of a nationwide rail strike nicely earlier than December 9 – via service disruptions and different impacts doubtlessly as early as December 5. The earlier this labor deadlock ends, the higher for our communities and our nationwide economic system.”
Lastly, the letter closes with this enchantment:
“Whereas a voluntary settlement with the 4 holdout unions is the most effective end result, the dangers to America’s economic system and communities merely make a nationwide rail strike unacceptable. Due to this fact, absent a voluntary settlement, we name on you to take speedy steps to stop a nationwide rail strike and the sure financial destruction that might comply with.”
Signing the letter have been organizations as numerous because the American Bridal and Promenade Trade Affiliation and the Tag and Label Producers Institute. Trucking organizations signing the letter included:
- American Trucking Associations
- Arizona Trucking Affiliation
- California Trucking Affiliation
- Colorado Motor Carriers Affiliation
- Florida Trucking Affiliation
- Georgia Motor Trucking Affiliation
- Harbor Trucking Affiliation
- Idaho Trucking Affiliation
- Indiana Motor Truck Affiliation
- Iowa Motor Truck Affiliation
- Kansas Motor Carriers Affiliation
- Kentucky Trucking Affiliation
- Maryland Motor Truck Affiliation
- Michigan Trucking Affiliation
- Montana Trucking Affiliation
- Nebraska Trucking Affiliation
- Nevada Trucking Affiliation
- New Jersey Motor Truck Affiliation
- North Dakota Motor Carriers Affiliation
- Ohio Trucking Affiliation
- Oregon Trucking Affiliation
- Pennsylvania Motor Truck Affiliation
- Rhode Island Trucking Affiliation, Inc.
- SC Trucking Affiliation
- South Carolina Trucking Affiliation
- Tennessee Trucking Affiliation
- Texas Trucking Affiliation
- Trucking Affiliation of Massachusetts
- Trucking Affiliation of New York
- Washington Trucking Associations
- Wisconsin Motor Carriers Affiliation
