Unions and management reached a tentative deal early Thursday, averting a freight railroad strike that had threatened to cripple US supply chains and push prices higher for many goods.
The union still has to vote on it, so I don't know why everyone is saying it's over and averted already.
"One additional paid day off per year" yeah this can't possibly be enough. The railroaders are stretched so thin as it is, nothing is really changing in this regard. The pay day might be nice but the job is still untenable.
Someone who gets weekends off and no PTO will get at least 105 days off a year, and that’s if they work on federally mandated holidays. Rail workers get 30 (now 31). Period. Their days off are unpaid. Shit is crazy
"One additional paid day off per year" yeah this can't possibly be enough. The railroaders are stretched so thin as it is, nothing is really changing in this regard. The pay day might be nice but the job is still untenable.
This is what yellow unions will get you folks, capitulation and nothing else.
Someone who gets weekends off and no PTO will get at least 105 days off a year, and that’s if they work on federally mandated holidays. Rail workers get 30 (now 31). Period. Their days off are unpaid. Shit is crazy