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The Railway Labor Act Allowed Congress to Break the Rail Strike. We Should Get Rid of It.
Congress was able to break the rail strike last week because of a century-old law designed to weaken the disruptive power of unions. It’s time to cast aside this law and every other government-mandated strike prohibition that ties the hands of workers.