From what I can tell from news it’s just been punted 60 days and not resolved as of yet. I honestly was shocked how bad the conditions for rail workers are today and support their efforts.
Phil, thank you for the link. It was tough to kind of write this as it's all still happening. The whole sick time thing seems weird. Some states have sick leave minimums (in MA it's 5 days), but I wonder if the lack of sick leave is due to the fact that rail companies just want to operate on the bare minimum number of employees so if someone is out for a sickness it just screws up everything.
Also, if someone operating a gigantic train reports to work very sick and is operating a train??? Seems like a big safety violation right?
I think there is potential for the strike to still happen.
From what I can tell from news it’s just been punted 60 days and not resolved as of yet. I honestly was shocked how bad the conditions for rail workers are today and support their efforts.
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/3644147-heres-whats-in-the-white-house-brokered-railway-deal/
Non of the new provisions mention sick time which is why a deal was downvoted by members before. Only “planned” medical not unplanned was included.
The chemicals industry would grind to a halt without rail transport. Or the cost of shipping via truck will massively spike.
Phil, thank you for the link. It was tough to kind of write this as it's all still happening. The whole sick time thing seems weird. Some states have sick leave minimums (in MA it's 5 days), but I wonder if the lack of sick leave is due to the fact that rail companies just want to operate on the bare minimum number of employees so if someone is out for a sickness it just screws up everything.
Also, if someone operating a gigantic train reports to work very sick and is operating a train??? Seems like a big safety violation right?
I think there is potential for the strike to still happen.
Right!! Seems like they got away with so many violations as they have a concentration of power and the rail CEOs know they have a lot of power