March 15, 2022 | Canada, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: The Western Producer, March 14, 2022) CALGARY — Government mediators were expected to resume meetings today with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference and Canadian Pacific Railway in hopes of averting a looming strike. Full story: The Western...
March 15, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: L.A. Taco, March 14, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Now Union Pacific appears to be announcing a victory in thwarting further thefts. Not by rehiring the security it laid off, but by automating their jobs. NBC reports that the thefts “have stopped overnight” and the...
March 15, 2022 | Headlines
(Source: International Railway Journal, March 12, 2022) NEW YORK — Ukrainian Railways (UZ) has cancelled a Hryvnia 31.4bn ($US 1.18bn) tender for a fleet of 80 suburban and regional trains launched last year. UZ said that the tender will resume at an increased pace...
March 14, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 11, 2022) ARLINGTON, Va. — The organization representing railroads in bargaining with labor over a new national contract is disputing a request by unions to move the process from mediation to arbitration, saying the two sides have not...
March 14, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 11, 2022) U.S. Class Is employed 111,754 people in mid-January, down 2.4% from December 2021 and down 1.5% compared with employment during the same period a year ago, according to Surface Transportation Board (STB) data. All...
