March 6, 2023 | CN, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 3, 2023) The agreements provide workers with four paid sick days plus three personal leave days to be used as sick days, CN said. The four unions are the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, National Conference...
March 6, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: CBS News, March 5, 2023) A train with 18 cars filled with grain derailed just outside of Wellington, Kansas, on Saturday just after 5 p.m., Union Pacific confirmed in a statement to CBS News. No one was injured in the derailment and no hazardous materials...
March 6, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Reuters, March 3, 2023) Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren urged the Surface Transportation Board to reject a proposed Canadian Pacific merger with Kansas City Southern, according to a letter seen by Reuters Friday. Full story: Yahoo...
March 6, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, FRA, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 5, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board on Saturday approved the appointment of Ronald L. Batory as trustee of the CP-Kansas City Southern Voting Trust, succeeding the late David Starling. Full story: Trains Magazine
March 3, 2023 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 3 — Today, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) unanimously ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the Union Railroad of Pittsburgh, Pa. The four-year agreement provides General Wage Increases of...
