The article discusses United Transportation Union's (UTU) deal with Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) on freight-train crew size and the Brotherhood of Railway & Airline Clerks' strike against the Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W) company. The author reports that the two railroad unions are being represented by the National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC) in their efforts to gain nationwide and uniform reduction of freight-train crews by removing one of the two brakemen who ride each train.
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