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Why a possible railroad strike would cripple the supply chain, stoke inflation

Sep 14, 2022 View Original Article
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    10% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    16% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    6% Positive

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57% : Coal, chemicals, grain shipments and auto parts and automobiles rely heavily on rail shipments.
57% : Watching costs, competitionMichigan State's Miller said the industry most affected could be coal, which is the biggest carload commodity.
53% : Over the past five weeks, on average, Class I railroads -- generally, the bigger ones -- hauled 82,000 carloads of coal, he said.
40% : After that, those unions can legally strike, a move that could drive transportation costs higher, stall commutes and gum up shipments of coal, chemicals, cars and grain, and cost $2 billion a day, by one estimate.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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