(Source: Sandpoint Reader, May 24, 2018)
SANDPOINT, Idaho — Union leaders and conservation activists are protesting a leaked internal BNSF Railway memo offering compensation to employees who turned out at a Wednesday public meeting in support of the second Lake Pend Oreille rail bridge. Captured off a BNSF terminal, the memo is directed to Northwest and Montana Division BNSF employees available to attend the pre-hearing for the Sandpoint Connector Project at First Baptist Church and the public hearing at Sandpoint Middle School Gym. The memo offers compensation for a basic day and requires employees to submit a claim code with the comment “support of Sandpoint Connector Project,” as well as a sign-in at the event to confirm attendance.
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