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Biden: Tentative railway labor deal reached, averting strike

Freight train cars sit idle on tracks in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. President Joe Biden said Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a strike that could have been devastating to the economy before the pivotal midterm elections. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) A CSX freight train travels through Alexandria, Va. on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. President Joe Biden said Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a strike that could have been devastating to the economy before the pivotal midterm elections. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) FILE - Freight train cars sit in a Union Pacific rail yard on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Commerce, Calif. President Joe Biden said Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File) FILE - Then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Johnstown Train Station, Sept. 30, 2020, in Johnstown, Pa. President Joe Biden believes that unions built the middle class. He also knows a rail worker strike could damage the economy ahead of midterm elections. That leaves him in the awkward position of espousing the virtues of unionization even as members of his administration work to keep talks going in Washington between the railroads and unionized workers aimed at averting a shutdown. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)