(Source: Trains Magazine, May 16, 2022)
BNSF Railway has modified its controversial Hi-Viz train crew attendance policy in response to employee feedback, but officials at two unions say the changes fall far short of what is needed.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen National President Dennis Pierce called the changes “little more than fluff,” saying the policy “has caused hundreds of BNSF’s employees to quit and it has made recruitment of new employees a nightmare.”
Noting the changes were made without input from unions, Pierce said in a statement that the modifications “do little to meet the members’ or their families’ needs,” and that the changes reflect both the union’s campaign to “expose [the railroad’s] abuses” and pressure from shippers, the Surface Transportation Board, and Congress.
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