A union of railroad track maintenance workers has rejected a tentative agreement with the nation’s freight carriers, renewing the threat that there could be a strike that shuts down this vital link in the nation’s already struggling supply chain. The vote, announced Monday by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, was 43% in favor of the proposed five-year contract, and 57% opposed. About 12,000 of the 23,000 members of the BMWE participated in the vote.
They also gives union members cash bonuses of $1,000 a year. All told, the backpay and bonuses will give union members an average payment of $11,000 per worker once the deal is ratified. But the deals were difficult to reach not because of the financial terms, but because of work rules that unions said had brought engineers and conductors to a breaking point. Staffing shortages had required crew members to be on call seven days a week, ready to report to work at short notice.
Suply chain struggles caused by democrats forced vaccination policies
Great, Thanks Brandon
What are the union's demands?
Management should probably settle then
BidenFailed again. Remember just 2 weeks ago how he touted his mediation skills and claimed he would be bringing and end top the possible rail strike. NOPE he just made it worse. 25thAmendment needs to be invoked now. Not tomorrow, now.
biden’s America
🙂
Take that Putin!!!!!