Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act
Under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, unemployment insurance benefits are paid to railroad workers who are unemployed but ready, willing, and able to work and sickness benefits to railroad workers who are unable to work because of illness or injury. The RRB also operates a placement service to assist unemployed railroaders in securing employment.
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Famous quotes containing the words railroad, unemployment, insurance and/or act:
“This I saw when waking late,
Going by at a railroad rate,
Looking through wreaths of engine smoke
Far into the lives of other folk.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.”
—Calvin Coolidge (18721933)
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—Emma Goldman (18691940)
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—George Bernard Shaw (18561950)