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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's from a 1926 law targeted at Railways, and then expanded to Airlines a decade or so later. This system was originally negotiated between Unions and the railway companies with the intent to reduce disruption to critical transportation systems but it really ended up hurting the unions leverage.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the explanation :)