The House voted Wednesday to head off an economically disastrous freight rail strike by imposing a labor contract on railroads and workers, despite opposition from unions angry about the lack of concessions on sick pay.
The legislation now heads to the Senate, just days before the threatened shutdown is likely to start snarling shipments of goods such as drinking-water chemicals. The Senate's Democratic and Republican leaders both support the intervention, but opposition from members of both parties could delay the final outcome.
The House is also voting Wednesday on a second bill to add seven additional days of paid sick leave to the contract. But that provision faces dim prospects of passing the Senate.
President Joe Biden asked Congress earlier this week to force a settlement of the years-long labor battle, after concluding there was little chance of an agreement before a Dec. 9 deadline.
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