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Unions Representing Majority of Railroad Workers Reject Deal
Today, the two largest rail unions split on whether their unions would accept the deal to avert a railroad strike.
BLET, a division of the Teamsters and the largest union, narrowly voted to accept the deal. Meanwhile, SMART-TD, the second-largest rail union, narrowly voted to reject the railroad deal.
SMART joins three other unions, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (BMWE), Brotherhood-Railroad Signalmen (BRS), and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB), who represent the majority of the nation’s 115,000 rail union members, in rejecting the railroad union deal. Railroad Workers United (RWU), a rank-and-file group of union members from 13 different unions, applauded the decision.
With the union deadline for strike action set to expire on December 5, rail carriers are putting pressure on the unions to accept the deal.
“Despite being straight-jacketed by the Railway Labor…
