News / US Senate backs new law to prevent supply chain chaos from rail strike

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US legislators have moved swiftly to avert a rail stoppage. After the House of Representatives passed proposed legislation to avert a crippling stoppage on Wednesday, the Senate wasted no time in passing the bill yesterday, clearing the way for President Biden to sign it into law.

The legislation imposes the terms of the agreement between labour unions and the US rail carriers that was brokered by a Presidential Emergency Board in September and bars both parties from taking steps to cause ...