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minus-squareNoxy@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·6 months agoHow were the other demands of the rail workers addressed though?
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·6 months agoShow me a union source from when this was all happening that lists these other demands
minus-squareNoxy@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·6 months agohttps://www.npr.org/2022/09/14/1122918098/railroads-freight-rail-union-strike-train-workers
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·6 months agoSee my other comment.
minus-squareNoxy@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·6 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-down1·6 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-down5·6 months agoRank and file was not onboard with it. Hence the strike that was broken.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·6 months agoWhat I linked above happened a full year after what you’re talking about. Rank and file voted to approve it.
How were the other demands of the rail workers addressed though?
Show me a union source from when this was all happening that lists these other demands
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/14/1122918098/railroads-freight-rail-union-strike-train-workers
See my other comment.
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.