'It's about attendance policies, sick time, fatigue, and the lack of family time,' said one union official. 'A lot of these things that cannot be seen but are felt by our membership. It's destroying their livelihoods.'
"It's about attendance policies, sick time, fatigue, and the lack of family time," said one union official."A lot of these things that cannot be seen but are felt by our membership. It's destroying their livelihoods.
If any of the rail unions decide to strike, the others have vowed to honor their picket lines. SMART-TD said a strike or lockout could begin as soon as December 9. "The ball is now in the railroads' court. Let's see what they do. They can settle this at the bargaining table," Ferguson added."But, the railroad executives who constantly complain about government interference and regularly bad-mouth regulators and Congress now want Congress to do the bargaining for them."in September after marathon negotiations between the Biden White House, rail unions, and rail company representatives.
"Press reports made it sound like the deal would create three sick days for railroad workers," Jonah Furman oflast month after the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees—the nation's third-largest rail union—voted to reject the proposed contract.
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