{"id":21607,"date":"2013-09-04T09:05:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T13:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=21607"},"modified":"2013-09-04T09:05:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T13:05:22","slug":"lac-megantic-adds-voices-on-crew-size-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/lac-megantic-adds-voices-on-crew-size-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Lac-Megantic adds voices on crew size issue","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON \u2013 The nation was on the brink of a crippling national strike by railroad workers in the summer of 1963 when Congress stepped in to settle a years-long battle over how many men it took to safely operate a train.<\/p>\n
The bill, signed by President John F. Kennedy in August 1963, set a historic precedent by forcing labor unions and railroad management into arbitration, a process that eventually allowed rail companies to trim their payrolls yet also protected the unionized workers who filled those jobs.<\/p>\n