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Railroad workers were given grief for working overtime, so they did as they were told and it caused major delays on the tracks

This is a good time to remind you that you should probably never mess with railroad workers.
The Hill

Senate rejects proposal to give rail workers seven days of paid sick leave

The Senate voted on Thursday to reject a proposal to give railway workers seven days of sick leave, a benefit that was left out of a labor deal between freight rail companies and unionized workers ...
KSAT

2 big rail unions oppose $85B Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger over safety and cost concerns

OMAHA, Neb. – The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their workers over concerns it will ...
Richmond Register

Number of US railroad workers testing positive for drug use skyrockets

Overall, the number of railway workers - including engineers, train crew and dispatchers - who tested positive for drug use in random tests soared about 43 percent last year, the documents show. The ...
Naija Gist - Latest

1 million euros raised for striking rail workers

A fund set up to compensate striking French rail workers for their wage losses passed the 1-million-euro ($1.2-million) mark on Friday, a month after they began disrupting train services over the ...