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GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Sep-2022 14:44:42 UTC GeniusMusing Update:
Freight Rail Workers Reach Tentative Deal
https://gizmodo.com/rail-workers-union-strike-biden-amtrak-1849539113
>Apparently, all it took for unionized freight rail workers to finally force their companies to let them see a doctor without being penalized was to threaten to upend the entire supply chain. In tense, near-day long negotiations, White House and rail company trade groups both announced there is a deal, and all they’re waiting on is ratification from union membership.
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>Though they were granted pay raises in this latest round of contract negotiations, unionized freight rail workers were particularly hung up on rail company’s policies that penalized them for taking medical appointments. Workers had also called for more standardized working hours after years of being forced to be on-call practically all day, any day of the week. Federal law under the Railway Labor Act only guaranteed 10 hours off every 24 hours.
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