FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has reached paid sick time agreements with three more unions.
The railway said today that it reached agreements with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW); the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS); and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Mechanical and Engineering Department (SMART-MD).
Building upon existing BNSF paid time off and sickness benefits, IAMAW, BRS and SMART-MD members will receive an additional four paid days off to use as sick days and gain the ability to convert up to three personal-leave days to sick days each year.
BNSF said the agreements are part of larger discussions about modernizing the work environment.
BNSF said it remains committed to continued dialogue including the potential addition of paid sick days for those crafts that did not already have individual paid sick days prior to the recent national bargaining round.
These latest agreements follow similar deals with the Transportation Communications Union and National Conference of Firemen and Oilers announced in February [see “BNSF announces paid sick leave agreements …,” Trains News Wire, Feb. 23, 2023].
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