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In A First, Some CSX Railroad Workers to Get Paid Sick Leave
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 Feb. 8, 2023 | NEGOTIATIONS | Several thousand workers at CSX will soon get one of the things that pushed the U.S. railroad industry to the brink of a strike last fall: paid sick time.CSX announced a deal Tuesday with two of its 12 unions, becoming the first major railroad to offer that benefit that most U.S. workers take for granted. About 4,000 track-maintenance workers in the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division union [Teamsters] and another 1,000 mechanical workers in the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen union will get four days of paid sick leave as part of the agreements. The workers will also be able to convert three of their personal leave days into sick-leave days… Associated Press
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