The BNSF “Hi-Viz” attendance policy drew the attention of the U.K.-based Guardian media organization March 14.
“We feel stabbed in the back, completely demoralized with the work we did through the pandemic, understanding the situation, going the extra mile, and doing what we’re asked to do, and then some without complaint,” an engineer for the Class I carrier told Guardian reporter Michael Sainato about the punitive points-based policy, described in the article as “arcane.”
Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO President Greg Regan also was quoted in the article as well:
“This is a policy that, frankly, is just blind to the moment,” he said.
SMART Transportation Division and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) are both members of the AFL-CIO TTD.
BNSF earned record profits last year and implemented the Hi-Viz policy on Feb. 1.
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