and workers. the issue was sick time. the president said the deal ensures rail workers will get quote better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind around their health care costs. amtrak had preemptively postponed long distance routes to avoid stranding passengers if a deal wasn t reached. a strike would have had a devastating impact on the economy since 40% of goods shipped long distance in the united states use the rail system. there s been no word yet from the labor unions or railway companies involved, but we ll be watching, willie. let s go back to jonathan lemire, host of way too early and author of the best seller the big lie, this was just announced a minute ago, this would have had massive implications for supply chains, could have impacted inflation if it carried on for some time. how did they fix this deal? yeah, first of all, let s start what the possible consequences would have been. american supply chains just now, creeping back to life after
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