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Rail Labor Ordered to Negotiate Crew Size
Written by Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing EditorJuly 29, 2021, FRANK N. WILNER, reporting from Washington D.C. (Copyright© 2021, Railway Age): Another step in a lengthy, tortuous and torturous slog toward reducing—where efficient and safe—train crew size to just one locomotive engineer was achieved by three Class I railroads July 28 with the finalizing of four binding arbitration awards.