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BNSF, TCU and NCFO Agreed to Paid Sick Leave
February 24, 2023 | Class I
BNSF, TCU and NCFO Agreed to Paid Sick Leave
Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
BNSF on Feb. 23 reported reaching agreements with the Transportation Communications Union (TCU) and the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers (NCFO) for paid sick leave. It is the fourth Class I to offer the benefit to craft railroaders.
In a precedent-setting move for the railroad industry, CSX on Feb. 7 reached agreements with the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED) and Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC) for paid sick leave; on Feb. 10, it added the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) andNCFO; and on Feb. 14, added the IAM Roadway Mechanics division and BRC Carmen for Fruit Growers Express Company division. The eight remaining unions, it is believed, will eventually accept the agreement.
Union Pacific (UP) on Feb. 20 and Norfolk Southern (NS) on Feb. 22 followed suit, announcing they had reached agreements with NCFO and BRC, and with BMWED, respectively.
Now, BNSF will grant individual paid sick days to its railroaders who are members of the TCU and NCFO. It noted that the TCU agreement applies to insourced intermodal equipment operators, “which represent a majority” of TCU members at BNSF; other TCU members already have paid sick days as part of their existing agreement.
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BNSF, TCU and NCFO Agreed to Paid Sick Leave
Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
BNSF on Feb. 23 reported reaching agreements with the Transportation Communications Union (TCU) and the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers (NCFO) for paid sick leave. It is the fourth Class I to offer the benefit to craft railroaders.
In a precedent-setting move for the railroad industry, CSX on Feb. 7 reached agreements with the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED) and Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC) for paid sick leave; on Feb. 10, it added the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) andNCFO; and on Feb. 14, added the IAM Roadway Mechanics division and BRC Carmen for Fruit Growers Express Company division. The eight remaining unions, it is believed, will eventually accept the agreement.
Union Pacific (UP) on Feb. 20 and Norfolk Southern (NS) on Feb. 22 followed suit, announcing they had reached agreements with NCFO and BRC, and with BMWED, respectively.
Now, BNSF will grant individual paid sick days to its railroaders who are members of the TCU and NCFO. It noted that the TCU agreement applies to insourced intermodal equipment operators, “which represent a majority” of TCU members at BNSF; other TCU members already have paid sick days as part of their existing agreement.
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