Rail workers rally to demand new pact

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Rail workers rally to demand new pact

GALESBURG, Ill.—As the nation’s railroad worker unions presented their details for a new contract with the freight railroads to a Presidential Emergency Board, rank-and-file workers, upset with no contract since before the coronavirus pandemic, rallied with their leaders in Galesburg, Ill., to demand one. And they picked up wide labor and political support.“What was inspiring was not just the rail workers there, but the members of other unions w…