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The deal comes months after negotiations and pending ratification by BLET's members at BNSF, which is one of the country's largest freight rail networks.

“We’re going to have locomotive engineers and conductors making a choice of whether to work sick and handle some of the most dangerous items that any transportation group handles, but they’re going to work sick or be subject to attendance policies,” said Mark Wallace, BLET’s second-highest official.

“They want to talk the money out of our pocket somewhere else and give it back to us in the form of sick time,” said Rob Cunningham, one of the BLET’s general chairmen who is leading the negotiations with BNSF.

In the meantime, Hall and the BLET, along with the 11 other rail unions, will keep pressing for improvements in working conditions.

Another large freight union, BLET, voted Monday to ratify the agreement but said it will honor a picket line with other unions that voted against the deal.