1.1987

Dingell is a key player in ending to rail strikes that would have affected tens of thousands of commuters.

In 1987, a labor-management dispute on the Long Island Railroad threatens to shut down rail service between Long Island and New York City.  Dingell's Committee takes up the resolution to provide a temporary prohibition of strikes or lockouts and put in place a cooling-off period for 60 days.  This legislation ends the strike and gets the trains running again.  (H.J. Res. 93)

The following year a dispute between the Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company and the United Transportation Union threatens rail service in Chicago.  While the legislation to end this strike did not go through Dingell's committee, he was involved in the behind the scenes actions to pass the bill to end the strike.  (S.J. Res. 374)

6.1987

Dingell is inducted into the Conservation Hall of Fame.  (Michigan Outdoor, June 1987)