Rail workers
A worker rides a rail car at a BNSF rail crossing in Saginaw, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. LM Otero/Associated Press
Rail workers
A worker rides a rail car at a BNSF rail crossing in Saginaw, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. LM Otero/Associated Press

Congress passed a bill forcing an agreement between companies and rail workers to avoid a rail strike.

We talked to a labor expert to find out what this means for rail workers and other unionization efforts around the country.

GUEST: Robert Bruno, professor and director of the Labor Education Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Rail workers
A worker rides a rail car at a BNSF rail crossing in Saginaw, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. LM Otero/Associated Press
Rail workers
A worker rides a rail car at a BNSF rail crossing in Saginaw, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. LM Otero/Associated Press

Congress passed a bill forcing an agreement between companies and rail workers to avoid a rail strike.

We talked to a labor expert to find out what this means for rail workers and other unionization efforts around the country.

GUEST: Robert Bruno, professor and director of the Labor Education Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign