Correction: Railroad Contract Talks story

May 7, 2023, 9:32 AM | Updated: May 8, 2023, 7:50 am

FILE - A worker rides a rail car at a BNSF rail crossing in Saginaw, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 20...

FILE - A worker rides a rail car at a BNSF rail crossing in Saginaw, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Tens of thousands of engineers remain frustrated with the lack of paid sick time and the demands railroads like BNSF are making in negotiations despite the progress that has been made in 2023 with sick time deals for most of the other rail unions. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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(AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In a story published May 7, 2023, about railroad negotiations over paid sick time, The Associated Press had a typo in a quote from union official Rob Cunningham. Cunningham said: “They want to take the money out of our pocket somewhere else and give it back to us in the form of sick time.” He did not say: “They want to talk the money out of our pocket somewhere else and give it back to us in the form of sick time.”

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Correction: Railroad Contract Talks story