March 3, 2023 | Contract Agreement, CP-KCS Merger, News, STB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 3 — BLET members today ratified an implementing agreement with the Kansas City Southern (KCS) and Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroads. The agreement will only become effective should the Surface Transportation Board (STB)...
March 3, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Legislation, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 3 — A bipartisan bill introduced on March 1 by three Republican and three Democratic senators is designed to toughen safety standards on America’s railroads. “Right now our nation’s railroads largely self-regulate,” said Brotherhood of...
March 3, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Legislation, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 3 — The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a two-person crew railroad safety bill earlier this month, thanks in part to cooperative efforts from the BLET’s New Mexico State Legislative Board and the New Mexico Federation of Labor,...
March 3, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety, UP
(Source: The Guardian, March 3, 2023) In leaked audio heard by the Guardian, a manager for one of the US’s largest rail companies can be heard explaining to a former carman that they should stop tagging railcars for broken bearings. The manager says doing so delays...
March 3, 2023 | DOT, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Reuters, March 2, 2023) Seven major North American freight rail companies on Thursday agreed to join a voluntary employee safety reporting program after Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had urged the action following a Feb. 3 derailment in East...
