March 10, 2023 | Contract Agreement, CP, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 10 — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) today ratified a new five-year agreement with the CP Rail/Soo Line Railroad. Similar to the 2022 National Agreement, the new contract provides 22% General Wage...
March 10, 2023 | Fatality, News, NS
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 10 — Services for late BLET member Louis P. Shuster will be held next week. Brother Shuster, who served the BLET as President of Division 607 (Cleveland), was killed while working for Norfolk Southern on March 7. Brother Shuster was the...
March 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR, Unions
(Source: CNBC, March 8, 2023) The Association of American Railroads has announced several key safety measures for freight rails in the wake of the Norfolk Southern derailments, including the installation of approximately 1,000 new heat detectors, but a key union...
March 10, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: CNN, March 9, 2023) In a hearing with a group of bipartisan senators, Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw apologized to East Palestine, Ohio, residents for the train derailment but was hesitant to answer questions from senators about future commitments to the...
March 10, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: NBC News, March 9, 2023) A Norfolk Southern train derailed Thursday in Calhoun County, Alabama, hours before company CEO Alan Shaw faced lawmakers to answer questions about a Feb. 3 derailment that led to a toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. Full...
