BNSF is asking a federal court to classify the railroad’s tussle with two rail unions over a new company attendance policy as a “minor dispute,” which would prevent the unions from striking.
By declaring the dispute as a minor dispute under the Railway Labor Act, the two unions — the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) — would be required to...
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