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Quality of life issues took center stage at the end of these negotiations, with unions representing conductors and engineers holding out until the end for three unpaid leave days a year for medical appointments and a promise that railroads will negotiate further about giving those employees regularly scheduled days off when they aren’t on call.

Seriously, what is the deal with companies and this visceral hatred of employees taking UNPAID time off! How dare they be able to go to a medical appointment!

Wow, what a huge ask, regularly scheduled days off.

Good for them on voting this down. I still can't believe this is what was negotiated with the threat of a strike and the PEB pressuring them to get this done. It's also worth noting that this is what a pro-union administration was pushing. What kind of contract would another administration have foisted on these rail workers?

Any chance the train management-types pushing this contract aren't allowed unpaid time off to see a doctor?