Choo Choo!
Bad moon maybe rising on the railway front.
From NBC:
Workers at two of the country’s biggest rail unions split over a tentative contract their leaders had hashed out with freight rail companies — leaving open the possibility of a debilitating rail strike in the middle of the holiday season.
The 28,000-member SMART-TD union, which represents rail conductors, rejected the contract after one of its divisions voted it down.
Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, which represents some 24,000 freight train engineers, voted in favor of the deal….
…But if any one of the unions decides to strike, all 12 unions will honor it, bringing the system to a standstill. A strike could also affect the country’s commuter rail system, with the potential to halt some lines serviced by freight rail workers, and cause backlogs and traffic snarls on others.
Shutting the railways down is bad mojo for an economy already being held together with unicorn farts and duct tape. What is worse is that a strike would deepen the recession but it would take a little time to be felt fully, at which time the media could lay the blame at the feet of the new Republican House instead of the Biden administration. Since the union bosses are completely sold out for the Democrats, it wouldn’t surprise me if they struck just so they can screw over the incoming House majority ahead of the 2024 elections.
Moves within moves.