September 3, 2020 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message from SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson to the SMART-TD membership regarding recent anti-union articles that recently appeared in a railroad industry trade publication.) By Jeremy Ferguson President, SMART-TD Brothers...
September 3, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: S&P Global Platts, September 2, 2020) HOUSTON — Coal exports out of the Hampton Roads terminals in Virginia reached a five-month high 2.3 million st in July, up 47.7% from June, Virginia Maritime Association data showed Sept. 2. Full story: S&P...
September 3, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, September 2, 2020) HELENA, Mont. — Federal and state officials announced that they have proposed an agreement in which the BNSF Railway Company would be responsible for operating and maintaining a track the company is accused of...
September 3, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Opinion column by Jim Blaze published at FreightWaves.com, September 2, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — It was an oncoming surge of maritime boxes that has clearly caught the two big Western state railroads BNSF and Union Pacific a bit off guard. How did the...
