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The White House is urgently discussing emergency plans amid the threat of a rail shutdown
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in Business, business and industrial sectors, economy and trade, freight line, freight transport, government and public administration, government bodies and offices, labor disputes and negotiations, Labor strikes, News, politics, rail transport, transport and storage, Unions, us federal government, White House, work and employment, Working conditions[ad_1] CNN— The White House is discussing emergency contingency plans as the threat of a rail shutdown looms, with agencies across the federal government working through how they could potentially use federal authority to keep critical supply chains operational while labor negotiations continue to be deadlocked. Work has ramped up in recent days as officials…