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Tentative deal reached to avoid national rail strike

Fredericksburg train station [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]
By J.D. Davidson

(The Center Square) - The freight railroad industry reached a tentative deal with rail worker unions Thursday morning to avoid a national rail strike that threatened to cripple the nation's already stressed supply chain.

The tentative agreement still must be ratified in a vote of the unions' workers.

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