This goes back to the rail workers are declared a national strategic group. Any contracts or strikes they must first go to a presidential workers board.
Railway Labor Act (RLA), passed in 1926, which regulates bargaining in the rail and airline industries. Even though the RLA protects the right to strike in words, politicians in both parties have used the legislation to strip railroad workers of that right in practice, often ramming settlements down the throats of striking workers.
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This goes back to the rail workers are declared a national strategic group. Any contracts or strikes they must first go to a presidential workers board.
Railway Labor Act (RLA), passed in 1926, which regulates bargaining in the rail and airline industries. Even though the RLA protects the right to strike in words, politicians in both parties have used the legislation to strip railroad workers of that right in practice, often ramming settlements down the throats of striking workers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_Labor_Act