'As president, you and your administration have a number of tools at your disposal to make sure rail workers are guaranteed paid sick leave,' wrote 70+ progressive lawmakers to President Biden.
which freight rail workers were forced to accept even though four unions that represent the majority of the workforce had rejected it.More than 70 lawmakers signed the letter, including Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Pramila Jayapal , Ilhan Omar , and Katie Porter .
"It is literally beyond belief that rail workers are not guaranteed this basic and fundamental human right," reads the letter."Therefore, we urge you and your administration to do everything within your authority to guarantee rail workers the seven paid sick days that they desperately need through executive action."
"As president, you and your administration have a number of tools at your disposal to make sure rail workers are guaranteed paid sick leave," wrote the lawmakers."You can and you must expand this executive order."in recent months that the workforce has grown increasingly strained under rail carriers' stringent and arcane attendance policies, as their employers have forced many to work while fatigued or sick—potentially putting themselves and customers at risk.
"There is absolutely no reason why these workers should have to deal with these conditions in the richest country in the history of the world," they wrote, noting that providing paid leave to workers would cost rail companies"$321 million—less than 2% of their annual profits."
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