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minus-squareNoxy@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·3 months agohttps://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgezn/the-worst-and-most-egregious-attendance-policy-is-pushing-railroad-workers-to-the-brink
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoThen in August '23: BNSF Railway reaches tentative agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on paid sick leave and improvements to work schedules for locomotive engineers
minus-squareNoxy@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·3 months agoRank and file was not onboard with it. Hence the strike that was broken.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·3 months agoWhat I linked above happened a full year after what you’re talking about. Rank and file voted to approve it.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgezn/the-worst-and-most-egregious-attendance-policy-is-pushing-railroad-workers-to-the-brink
Then in August '23: BNSF Railway reaches tentative agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on paid sick leave and improvements to work schedules for locomotive engineers
Rank and file was not onboard with it. Hence the strike that was broken.
What I linked above happened a full year after what you’re talking about. Rank and file voted to approve it.