<p>The threat of a railroad strike returns just before the holidays as the nation&#8217;s largest rail conductor union voted to reject its latest offer.</p>
<p>SMART Transportation Division, the union representing the rail conductors, announced the results on Monday, adding that negotiations have until a December 8 deadline to avoid a potential strike.</p>
<p>“Honestly, this vote is about the frustration that the railroads have created with [their attendance policies] and the deterioration of quality of life as a result for our conductors,” Jared Cassity, the national legislative director at SMART Transportation, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/11/21/rail-union-strike-white-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Washington Post.</p>
<p>“It’s about attendance policies, sick time, fatigue, and the lack of family time. A lot of these things that cannot be seen but are felt by our membership. It’s destroying their livelihoods,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>The attendance policy has been a major focus of the union vote. The deal offered to union workers also included a 24% pay increase by 2024 and updates for workers for healthcare appointments. Unless Congress intervenes or a new deal is struck before the deadline, workers could strike.</p>
<p>Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR), a top Republican on the House subcommittee that includes railroads, spoke out against the potential union strike.</p>
<p>“Look, what a terrible Christmas gift that would be to give to the American people at this point. Right before Christmas, shutting down our supply chain,” Crawford <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/20/rail-union-congress-strike-00069488" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Politico. “So we’ve got something prepared if necessary, but I’m hoping it’s not necessary.”</p>
<p>The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has <a href="https://www.aar.org/economic-impact-of-railroad-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> that a nationwide shutdown of railroads could result in economic output would likely be at least $2 billion per day. A strike could also have massive consequences beyond rail.</p>
<p>&#8220;A single container or trailer on a railcar can contain 2,000 UPS packages, tens of thousands of bananas or hundreds of flat-screen televisions. A rail shutdown would slow or halt these shipments,&#8221; the AAR stated.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/derailed-major-railroad-union-rejects-biden-admins-negotiated-labor-deal-putting-nationwide-strike-back-on-the-table" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> regarding the rejection of a Biden administration proposal by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the Teamsters (BMWED), which represents nearly 12,000 railroad workers. The group rejected a tentative agreement between railroaders and Class I freight railroads.</p>
<p>Another previous <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/second-railroad-union-rejects-biden-admins-labor-deal-increasing-the-threat-of-a-nationwide-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> focused on a second railroad union that rejected the labor deal negotiated by the Biden administration. The <a href="https://www.brs.org/?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&amp;HomeID=881487" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen</a> (BRS) voted overwhelmingly to reject the labor deal in a vote, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/labor-unions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">union</a> said in a statement. The union represents more than 6,000 railroad workers.</p>
<p>“For the first time that I can remember, the BRS members voted not to ratify a National Agreement, and with the highest participation rate in BRS history,” union president Michael Baldwin said in a statement on the union’s website.</p>
<p>In September, railroad companies and labor unions struck the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wee-hours-deal-reached-at-last-minute-to-avert-crippling-railroad-workers-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tentative agreement</a>. The deal was negotiated by Presidential Emergency Board (PEB), led by Labor Secretary Martin Walsh.</p>
<p><em>John Riggolizo contributed to this report.</em></p>

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