Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern has reached an agreement with a key union to offer paid sick leave for engineers, signaling the resolution of a lengthy dispute over working conditions for the rail workers.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, one of the two largest rail unions, reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern for up to seven paid sick days for engineers. That includes five new paid sick days and the ability to use two additional days of paid time off as sick leave.
Norfolk Southern is the first railroad to reach such an agreement on paid sick leave for engineers. The deal is subject to ratification by union members of quality-of-life work terms in a related agreement.
