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Why a Possible Railroad Strike Would Cripple the Supply Chain and Encourage Inflation Fears


The cost of a rail strike is seen at $2 billion a day; ‘there aren’t enough trucks to handle that volume’ - for several days, the prospects for preventing a railroad strike or lockout rested with a handful of leaders from labor, industry and government, whose marathon talks led to a tentative agreement Thursday.

source https://www.supplychain247.comhttps://www.supplychain247.com/article/why_a_possible_railroad_strike_would_cripple_the_supply_chain

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