Walt Schmidt | Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

First in series: Has Amtrak declared war?

July 6, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines

(Source: Railway Age, July 4, 2020) NEW YORK — Millions of Americans who depend on Amtrak for part of their travel are about to lose a significant portion of the mobility they have today. Amtrak declared war on its riders by imposing, effective Oct. 1, 2020 (the first...

Critics fear Amtrak is using pandemic to cut service that won’t return

July 6, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines

(Source: New York Times, July 3, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak has long wanted to cut back on long-distance train routes that span America’s heartland, but political pressure from Congress made it next to impossible. Then came the coronavirus. Full story: New York...

U.S. House passes major rail safety bill, H.R. 2

July 2, 2020 | News

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, July 2 — By a vote of 233-188, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2 on July 1. The bill, called the Moving Forward Act, includes a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan and incorporates all the significant rail safety improvements that were...

Members can elect to alter contributions to FSA Plan due to COVID-19

July 1, 2020 | News

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, July 1 — The Cooperating Rail Labor Organizations (CRLO) has announced an important, one-time change to the Railroad Employees National Health Flexible Spending Account Plan (“FSA Plan”), which is a negotiated benefit obtained in the 2012 National...

Port of Savannah calls 10% container volume drop “better than expected”

July 1, 2020 | Headlines

(Source: DC Velocity, June 30, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Port of Savannah said today that a drop of nearly 10% for its container volume in May was “better than expected” in relation to the staggering impact of the coronavirus pandemic on both production and demand....

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