NACD Joins Senators Sanders and Braun to Demand Paid Sick Leave for Rail Workers
National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President and CEO Eric R. Byer joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) to call on freight rail companies to address basic quality-of-life benefits for rail workers.
This press conference comes after negotiations between freight rail companies and rail unions failed to include paid sick leave as part of a deal to avert a rail strike last year. Congress also failed to pass an amendment introduced by Senator Sanders, and voted for by Senator Braun, which would guarantee additional sick leave to rail workers across the nation.