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It's hugely in the public interest to not have sick rail workers infecting their passengers

bell-cot 4y ago
That applies to freight railroads how? Notice the names of the railroads involved: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_railroad_labor_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_railroad_la...
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- tecleandor 4y ago
  Well, this sounds crazy, at least looking from Europe: In February 2022, BNSF Railway implemented a points attendance system named "Hi Viz" that a union president called, "the worst and most egregious attendance policy ever adopted by any rail carrier." In the system, each worker starts with 30 points and loses points for taking a day off. Workers can accrue 4 points by being on-call for 14 straight days, but any time off, even for illness or a family emergency, resets the clock. Unions representing about 17,000 workers threatened to strike over the points system, but BNSF Railway sued and won a restraining order to prevent the unions from striking.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    It doesn't say how many points are lost for taking a day.
  - FranchuFranchu 4y ago
    Here in Argentina, the right to strike is granted by our constitution. A restraining order preventing unions from striking would be seen like a restraining order preventing voters from voting.
    - thesuitonym 4y ago
      The right to strike is granted in the US as well, however laws mean nothing to the oligarchs.
      - selimthegrim 4y ago
        Subject to the president in certain industries, as in this case
Lendal 4y ago
There's no passengers involved as PSR refers exclusively to freight rail. It's still in the public interest to not have sick rail workers die on the job because they are not given time off to access health care or recuperate from illnesses. This is what the dispute is about.
last_responder 4y ago
Its not just about being sick. These guys can work in awful conditions doing a dangerous job and often can and do get hurt. "Sick" leave is not all about a virus .
standardUser 4y ago
It's in absolutely everyone's interest to have ample and guaranteed paid sick leave... except for a minuscule and already-wealthy portion of the population who might stand to lose a smidgen of money over such policies. Because of that threat of becoming more wealthy at a slightly reduced pace, they will oppose federal action with everything they have. And they usually win.

That applies to freight railroads how? Notice the names of the railroads involved: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_railroad_labor_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_railroad_la...

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tecleandor 4y ago
Well, this sounds crazy, at least looking from Europe: In February 2022, BNSF Railway implemented a points attendance system named "Hi Viz" that a union president called, "the worst and most egregious attendance policy ever adopted by any rail carrier." In the system, each worker starts with 30 points and loses points for taking a day off. Workers can accrue 4 points by being on-call for 14 straight days, but any time off, even for illness or a family emergency, resets the clock. Unions representing about 17,000 workers threatened to strike over the points system, but BNSF Railway sued and won a restraining order to prevent the unions from striking.
- bombcar 4y ago
  It doesn't say how many points are lost for taking a day.
- FranchuFranchu 4y ago
  Here in Argentina, the right to strike is granted by our constitution. A restraining order preventing unions from striking would be seen like a restraining order preventing voters from voting.
  - thesuitonym 4y ago
    The right to strike is granted in the US as well, however laws mean nothing to the oligarchs.
    - selimthegrim 4y ago
      Subject to the president in certain industries, as in this case

Lendal 4y ago

There's no passengers involved as PSR refers exclusively to freight rail. It's still in the public interest to not have sick rail workers die on the job because they are not given time off to access health care or recuperate from illnesses. This is what the dispute is about.

last_responder 4y ago

Its not just about being sick. These guys can work in awful conditions doing a dangerous job and often can and do get hurt. "Sick" leave is not all about a virus .

standardUser 4y ago

It's in absolutely everyone's interest to have ample and guaranteed paid sick leave... except for a minuscule and already-wealthy portion of the population who might stand to lose a smidgen of money over such policies. Because of that threat of becoming more wealthy at a slightly reduced pace, they will oppose federal action with everything they have. And they usually win.