Some CSX conductors to be first train crews with sick time

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A group of CSX conductors will soon become the first train crew employees at one of the major U.S. freight railroads to have paid sick time. CSX said Monday that it had reached an agreement to give members of a union that represents some of its conductors five paid sick days and allow them to convert two personal leave days to sick days, for a total of seven. The deal is a bit more generous than the agreements CSX, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have announced since February. All the previous deals provided four sick days…