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NMB Starts Clock Toward Rail Shutdown
Written by Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor![image description](https://www.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/NMB-Logo.jpg)
The National Mediation Board (NMB) on June 14 set in motion a ticking time bomb toward an economy-jolting national railroad shutdown within 90 days, its two Democratic members agreeing with rail labor—and over the remonstrance of carriers and the NMB’s lone Republican—that a voluntary agreement to amend unionized rail worker wages, benefits and work rules is not within reach.