# Congress imposes rail labor contract to avert strike

Date: 2022

The 2022 United States railroad labor dispute was a labor dispute between freight railroads and workers in the United States. Rail companies and unions had tentatively agreed to a deal in September 2022, but it was rejected by a majority of the unions' rank-and-file members. Congress and [President Joe Biden](/people/env-person-joe-biden) intervened to pass the tentative agreement into law on December 2, averting a strike.

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