--- title: Unions and railroads avert nationwide strike with early morning deal description: The AWF Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Pat Gallagher of the North Coast Area Labor Federation joined us on today’s show. image: https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/AFL%20CIO%20blue%20mic.jpg --- 1 min read Season 3, Episode 182 # Unions and railroads avert nationwide strike with early morning deal [ awfblog ](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog) September 15, 2022 [America's Work Force Union Podcast](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/americas-work-force-union-podcast) [Labor-Management](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/labor-management) [North Coast Area Labor Federation](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/north-coast-area-labor-federation) ![AFL-CIO-Logo_400x400](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AmericasWorkForce/podcast%20logos/AFL-CIO-Logo_400x400.jpeg?width=400&name=AFL-CIO-Logo_400x400.jpeg)   Guest Name: --- Pat Gallagher Guest Website: --- [unionhall.aflcio.org](https://unionhall.aflcio.org/north-coast-area-labor-federation) Guest Social Media: --- [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/aflcio) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/aflcio) [ YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-vTWiQTFAG6Cvwsg6lk2iQ) [ LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/afl-cio) Supportive Documents: --- [North Coast Area Labor Federation](https://northshoreaflcio.org/) President Pat Gallagher made his regular appearance on the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement deal reached between railway unions and the railroads early this morning, which if accepted, will avert a nationwide strike. Gallagher credited the efforts of U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and President Joe Biden in preventing a shutdown of the railroads that would have crippled the nation’s supply chain with devastating economic consequences. Though details are not yet known, Gallagher said the agreement appears to include an increase in wages, changes in working conditions and improvements to healthcare. Gallagher, who also serves as Sub-District Director for [United Steelworkers (USW) District 1](https://www.usw.org/districts/1), then talked about a tentative CBA Cleveland-Cliffs reached with USW members. The offer will make jobs and benefits more secure and require a $4 billion investment in union-represented steel mills. Listen to the entire episode to learn more about these topics. --- America’s Work Force is the only daily labor podcast in the US and has been on the air since 1993, supplying listeners with useful, relevant input into their daily lives through fact-finding features, in-depth interviews, informative news segments and practical consumer reports. America’s Work Force is committed to providing an accessible venue in which America's workers and their families can hear discussion on important, relevant topics such as employment, healthcare, legislative action, labor-management relations, corporate practices, finances, local and national politics, consumer reports and labor issues. 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