Biden hails ‘tentative agreement’ to avoid looming US rail strike
by Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#63NE1)
Announcement in early hours comes a day before deadline for deal as freight strike threatened widespread disruption
A tentative agreement has been reached to avert a freight rail strike that could have disrupted commuter rail services across the US, Joe Biden said on Thursday.
A strike would also have dealt a major blow to Democrats two months before midterm elections in which they will try to keep control of the Senate and the House.
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