While Joe Biden celebrated the Inflation Reduction Act, suggesting that America is “back,” many Americans apparently didn’t get the memo as they continue to struggle with making ends meet. With inflation at a 40-year high, gas prices soaring, and supply chain issues, Biden stood on the South Lawn of the White House, praising the efforts of his party and administration.

But apparently, he forgot to mention that major freight railroads are on the verge of striking due to working conditions. With railroads covering around 140,000 miles across 49 states, a potential strike would halt nearly 7,000 trains a day. And given that freight trains are involved in every sector of the economy, the strike could cost $ 2 billion a day.

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According to the Associated Press, “Major freight railroads, in a bid to apply pressure on unions and Congress, say a strike that could come after a key deadline passes next week would cost the economy more than $2 billion a day and disrupt deliveries of all kinds of goods and passenger traffic nationwide.”

The outlet added, “Five of the 12 unions involved that together represent some 115,000 workers have announced tentative agreements covering over 21,000 workers based on a set of recommendations that a special panel appointed by President Joe Biden made last month. But several key unions are holding out in the hope that the railroads will agree to go beyond those recommendations and address some of their concerns about working conditions.”

On Monday, Joe Biden discussed the situation with union leaders, hoping to resolve the issues before the September 16th deadline. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a statement reading, “A shutdown of the nation’s rail service would have enormous national consequences. It would lead to perishable foods such as dairy, fruits, and vegetables spoiling at their points of origin, would halt Amtrak service … disrupt materials and goods being delivered to factories and ports, and would inhibit the transport of heating fuel and other important fuels and chemicals. The costs of such a shutdown to the U.S. economy could come out to $2 billion per day.”

An insider within the railroad revealed to The Gateway Pundit, “What they don’t talk about is that the raise will help us break even with Bidenflation and health insurance costs going up actually put us back in the negative. Another aspect is the quality of life situation that the negotiations have failed to remedy. We are on call 24/7, 365! No set schedule or holidays, all while railroads furloughed employees during the scamdemic, and the rest of us carried the slack, providing record profits for the company.

“They like to throw numbers out there to make it look really good, but in reality, if we were to keep pace with the rest of transportation, railroaders should be making about $175k. Most employees put in at least 30 years; I’m working on year 17 and 41. I still have 19 years left to get full retirement (60 years old and 30 years of service.) There are 40 and 50-year employees, which have sacrificed a lot of home life, but no one realizes the importance of railroaders, not even the company.”

This piece was written by Jeremy Porter on September 14, 2022. It originally appeared on RedVoiceMedia.com and is used with permission.

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