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

U.S. Senate averts freight rail strike, but bid to include worker sick leave fails - Minnesota Reformer

Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have been critical of the freight rail industry and their failure to provide workers with sick time. Photo by Getty Images. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to codify an agreement the White House brokered between rail unions and freight companies in order to avoid a catastrophic rail strike, but fell short of enough votes to include paid sick leave for workers. The Senate backed the rail d…

Senate denies railroad workers seven days of sick leave

The Senate on Thursday rejected the proposal by railroad workers, who were asking for seven days of sick leave, but voted to avoid a costly national railway strike next week. And now what? The senators did pass a bill to force unions to accept a tentative agreement reached earlier this year between railroad managers and their workers and declare an imminent strike illegal, with a vote of 80-15. A strike could have cost the United States economy …

U.S. Senate averts freight rail strike, but bid to include worker sick leave fails

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to codify an agreement the White House brokered between rail unions and freight companies in order to avoid a catastrophic rail strike,

'Profits over people': Senate rejects paid sick leave for rail workers

This is a breaking story... Please check back for updates.Speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday before votes on a trio of bills affecting the nation's freight rail employees, Sen. Bernie Sanders said he had one "simple question" to ask: "Are any Republicans prepared to stand with rail workers who have zero paid sick days or are they instead going to back the outrageous greed of the rail industry?"Sanders (I-Vt.) got his answer a s…

U.S. Senate votes to avoid a rail strike, defeats Sanders-led amendment requiring paid sick leave for workers

“This is not a radical idea. It's a very conservative idea,” Sanders said in a floor speech on Thursday, making a final plea to his colleagues.

Senate Votes to Impose Rail Contract, Rejects Measure for 7 Sick Days

The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to pass a resolution imposing a contract between rail workers to avoid a national strike.