CPKC lags peers in offering sick time and now some dispatchers will have to forfeit it

(Source: Associated Press, February 7, 2024)

Not only is CPKC lagging the trend of major freight railroads agreeing to provide paid sick time to most of their workers, but now some of its dispatchers may lose the benefit later this year when they move to the merged railroad’s new U.S. headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.