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OMAHA, Neb. 鈥?A second railroad union rejected its deal with the major U.S. freight railroads on Wednesday, reflecting workers increasing frustration with the lack of paid sick time in the industry and adding to concerns about the possibility of a strike next month that could cripple the economy.The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen said nearly 61% of the workers who voted opposed the five-year contract even though it included 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses. It is the second rail union to reject a deal this month.Union President Michael Baldwin said the lack of good-faith bargaining by the railroads and the recommendations of a board of arbitrators that President J stanley cup oe Biden appointed this summer denied workers the basic right of paid time off for illness. The unions say the railroads, including a couple that r stanley us eported more than $1 billion profit in the third quarter, can easily afford to offer paid sick time. The negotiations stanley cup included CSX, Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, BNSF and Kansas City Southern railroads.The railroads maintain that the unions have agreed during decades of negotiations to forego paid sick leave in favor of higher wages and more generous short-term disability benefits that kick in after four days of absences and continue up to a year. They have rejected all demands for paid sick time although they did offer the unions that represent engineers and conductors three days of unpaid leave to tend to medical appointments as long as workers give 30 days noti Csnk Trump and Kim disagree on definition of denuclearization
RALEIGH, N.C. AP 鈥?A task force is recommending that people who were sterilized against their will und stanley tumblers er an old North Carolina state program be paid $50,000 each in compensation.About half a dozen states have apologized for similar 20th century practices, called eugenics. But North Carolina is the first to move toward paying damages to the surviving victims.The Legislature must still approve any payments.The panel recommended Tuesday that the money go to living victims, including those who are alive now but may die before stanley quencher the lawmakers approve any compensation.The state sterilized more than 7,600 people between 1929 and 1974. A task force re stanley kubek port last year said 1,500 to 2,000 of those victims are still alive, and the state has verified 72 victims.@media screen and max-width: 992px {.btn-small-on-mobile {font-size: 1rem !important;}.sub-price-text { font-size: 20px;}} sticky-footer-cta {position: fixed;width: 100%;z-index: 9997;bottom: 0;right: 0;left: 0;} sticky-footer-cta .close-btn { width: 2rem;height: 2rem;position: absolute;top: -1rem;right: 1rem;}/* light green buttons used for news-letter subscribe buttons *//*.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn, .newsletter-subscribe-btn { background-color: 36E15E; border-color: 36E15E; color: 000;}.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn:hover, .newsletter-subscribe-btn:hover { background-color: 2bab49;}.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn.btn-arrow:after, .newsletter-subscribe-btn.btn-arrow:after { background-ima |
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