February 14, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, TTD
(Source: Freight Waves, February 10, 2023) The fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in Ohio on Feb. 3 has prompted some rail unions to press the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to increase its oversight of the freight railroads’ safety operations. Since...
February 13, 2023 | News, Railroad Retirement
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 13 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has announced its schedule of Pre-Retirement Seminars for Spring 2023. Designed for union officers and railroad employees and spouses planning to retire within five years, Pre-Retirement...
February 10, 2023 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 10 — Today, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) unanimously ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the Illinois Railway. The new five-year agreement governs rates of pay, work rules, and...
February 10, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, NTSB, PSR
(Source: The Lever, February 8, 2023) Before this weekend’s fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment prompted emergency evacuations in Ohio, the company helped kill a federal safety rule aimed at upgrading the rail industry’s Civil War-era braking systems, according to...
February 10, 2023 | Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, PSR
(Source: CNBC, February 9, 2023) Railroad carriers were able to avoid the issue of paid sick leave in the deal Congress struck to avert a nationwide rail strike late last year, but the pressure is back on in Washington, D.C. Freight rail companies were put on notice...
