The Biden Administration is reportedly making contingency plans in case rail workers go on strike. Some point out that the President has the power to force workers and the railroads to keep working but announcing contingency planning indicates the intention to accede to the union’s wishes. The President pledged to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” This position is risky since it is inflationary, and prices are still rising faster than desired. Food inflation is rising even faster and about 13 percent of rail capacity is used to move agrifood products. Unions striking and disrupting services at the same time most workers are experiencing declining real wages is politically risky. ...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.