They're back workin'on the railroad after a four-day strike
In Chicago, some 160,000 commuters who normally ride the train to work suddenly were forced to take to the highways in cars and buses, producing traffic jams up to 17 miles long. In St. Louis, General Motors shut down its truck plant and laid off 2,350 workers after running out of parts usually delivered by rail. And in Maine, the Acton Corp., the largest purveyor of brown eggs in the country, narrowly averted a foul-up when it sent five trucks to bring in 100 tons of...
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