March 16, 2022 | Canada, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 15, 2022) CALGARY — While Canadian Pacific workers in Canada have authorized a strike that could have begun as soon as tonight, their union has yet to provide the 72-hour notice necessary before walking out. Full story: Trains...
March 16, 2022 | Canada, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Reuters, March 15, 2022) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Thousands of workers at Canada’s second-biggest railway, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., have threatened to strike this week, potentially disrupting the movement of grain, potash and coal at a time of soaring...
March 16, 2022 | 2-man Crews, Contract Negotiations, Headlines, SMART-TD
(Source: SMART Transportation Division press release, March 15, 2022) CLEVELAND, Ohio — Class I railroad carriers BNSF and NS declared an impasse this week in the mandatory bargaining over crew size under Section 6 of the Railway Labor Act (RLA). In declaring an...
March 16, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 15, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has directed Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and related parties to be prepared to address several issues at the April 4 evidentiary hearing on Amtrak’s proposal to...
March 16, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Legislation, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, March 15, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — TTD and our 36 affiliated unions have long called for the historic investments that were finally delivered in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). We especially...
