Rail union rejects labor deal brokered by Biden administration
The country's third-largest freight rail workers union rejected a temporary agreement brokered by the Biden administration to avert a potentially crippling nationwide railroad strike, raising the possibility that one could occur next month. In a statement Monday, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the Teamsters said 56% of its more than 11,000 workers had voted against the tentative agreement. Some of the provisions would allow workers to avoid attendance penalties for routine medical visits and hospitalizations, and the proposal included the biggest wage increases in more than four decades. However, the deal did not address the number of unpaid sick days for which workers would now be eligible, among other issues that were left to be negotiated in the future. Third-largest freight rail union rejects labor deal proposal Oct. 10, 2022 00:42 "Railroaders are discouraged and upset with working conditions and compensation and hold their employer in low reg...