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In a nutshell: A federal court has extended a restraining order blocking a SMART-TD strike through July 29, but the real news is that the union is filing its own injunction against CSX. An evidentiary hearing is set for July 28.
The US freight rail industry spent the first week of July congratulating itself on the smoothest labor round in living memory.
All 12 unions had ratified national agreements through 2029, the fastest close in decades, no Presidential Emergency Board, …