{"id":52361,"date":"2022-09-14T16:24:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T23:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52361"},"modified":"2022-09-14T16:24:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T23:24:26","slug":"congress-divided-on-how-to-stop-rail-strike-as-disruption-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52361","title":{"rendered":"Congress divided on how to stop rail strike as disruption looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers are divided on how to avert a national railroad strike that would devastate an economy already plagued by high inflation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After years of contentious contract negotiations, nearly 125,000 railway workers are allowed to strike starting Friday, setting the stage for a work stoppage that would halt nearly one-third of the nation\u2019s cargo shipments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Railroads are already winding down service ahead of the deadline, blocking the flow of critical agricultural products and forcing commuter rail systems to suspend routes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Labor Secretary\u00a0Marty Walsh<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/29053957.5171\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wZW9wbGUvbWFydHktd2Fsc2gvP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBa3eb095e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/29053957.5171\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wZW9wbGUvbWFydHktd2Fsc2gvP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBa3eb095e&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1663284128127000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ZgTrszLfB3LKYlecwI6Q0\">\u00a0<\/a>met with negotiators all day Wednesday in a last-minute push to reach a deal. A Labor Department spokesperson said that both parties \u201care negotiating in good faith and have committed to staying at the table today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers are divided on how to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52362,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52361\/revisions\/52362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}