BMWED finalizes sick leave pact with CN
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED) members work work for CN have finalized a sick-leave agreement, the union announced yesterday.
Membership on the former Bessemer and Lake Erie, Grand Trunk Western, Illinois Central & Chicago, Central and Pacific and Wisconsin Central railroads, now all doing business as CN, all have contractual language guaranteeing four paid sick leave days annually at the bid-in straight time wage, according to a BMWED press release.
CN MOW employees can take up to four paid sick days annually or cash in the unused time at the end of the year. They also have the option to roll over any unused sick leave into their 401K retirement plan.
The CN members also can use three personal days as additional sick leave if needed.
Florida Gulf & Atlantic MOW workers vote to join BMWED
Nine maintenance-of-way workers at Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad voted 8-to-1 to join the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division–International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The workers will be assigned to the Allied Federation, according to a BMWED press release. They maintain and repair track from Baldwin through Tallahassee into Pensacola along the Florida panhandle.
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