{"id":1557865,"date":"2022-07-16T17:34:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T21:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1557865"},"modified":"2022-07-16T17:34:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T21:34:39","slug":"biden-fears-railroad-strike-forms-emergency-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-fears-railroad-strike-forms-emergency-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden fears railroad strike; forms emergency board"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-fears-railroad-strike-forms-emergency-board%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1557865&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2530630\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2530630\" class=\"wp-image-2530630 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AMTRAK.jpg\" alt=\"MIAMI, FL - MAY 24: An Amtrak train is seen as people board at the Miami station on May 24, 2017 in Miami, Florida. President Donald Trump&#039;s budget proposal would terminate federal dollars that support Amtrak&#039;s long-distance services, which would potentially mean an elimination of all Amtrak service in Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AMTRAK.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AMTRAK-315x210-1.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AMTRAK-655x437-1.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AMTRAK-768x512-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2530630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MIAMI, FL \u2013 MAY 24: An Amtrak train is seen as people board at the Miami station on May 24, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 1:37 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, July 16, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Biden established a presidential emergency board to tackle pay and schedule disputes between railroads and rail workers unions. The executive order issued Friday, intervened in a massive strike set for Monday that would have delayed 30 percent of all US freight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: President Biden just intervened in what could have been a 115k railroad worker strike on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Conditions for engineers &#038; conductors are dire: skeleton crews on miles-long trains, 12-hour days for 14 days in a row, massive furloughs. A strike is still not ruled out <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IgABAjXdb0\">pic.twitter.com\/IgABAjXdb0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaurenKGurley\/status\/1548029931875053569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Union leaders said conductors and engineers have not received a raise in years despite record profits for several railroad companies. The industry has reportedly lost 20 percent of its workforce since 2017, which led to under staffing and longer hours for employees that stay.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway is the largest\u00a0Class I\u00a0railroad in the country and is one of the two major freight railroads in Wyoming. It\u00a0employs\u00a0about 40,000 people and operates in 28 states on over 32,000 miles of track throughout its system.<\/p>\n<p>The railroad has been one of the major economic drivers and employers for many of the Wyoming communities it passes through. Many owe their existence to it. In February, BNSF instituted an attendance policy known as Hi-Viz, which drew immediate\u00a0criticism\u00a0from employees and\u00a0railroad unions. Kevin Knutson is a Gillette-based conductor and union leader who has worked for the railroad for over 40 years. He said the policy is very stringent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe attendance policy we had in the past, it would allow basically any person to take two weekend days and five weekdays per month off,\u201d explained Knutson. \u201cThis policy that they have now, cut that in half and in half. For instance, if I took off every other Sunday, no other days, I would be dismissed by the end of the year.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>BNSF said more than 50 percent of train crew employees work less than 40 hours on average<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-jackson-biden-has-two-more-years-but-may-not-make-it-that-far\/\">Rep. Jackson: Biden Has Two More Years, But \u2018May Not Make It That Far\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, FL \u2013 MAY 24: An Amtrak train is seen as people board at the Miami station on May 24, 2017 in Miami, Florida. 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