Since the last round of national bargaining concluded in December 2022, America’s Class I freight railroads have continued collaborating with unions at the local level and reached more than 50 local agreements to provide individual for employees who did not previously have them. Today, more than 93% of craft employees at NCCC carriers have access to individual paid sick days. Several carriers have also reached agreements with the operating crafts that give employees more predictable schedules than ever before.