December 16, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, November 22, 2021) CHICAGO — The Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) provides for payment of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to eligible employees for days of unemployment and for the payment of sickness...
December 16, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, December 2, 2021) CHICAGO — Rights to benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act also carry responsibilities for reporting events that may affect the payment of these benefits to the employee or to members of the...
December 16, 2021 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters updates the news section of its website each day with the latest regarding the Teamsters, domestic and global labor and trade issues, state and living wage battles, social justice, the War on Workers, and many other important...
December 15, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, December 14, 2021) NEW YORK — In a Dec. 14 memo to employees, Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn reported that the railroad will “revert to our original vaccine mandate policy announced on Aug. 11, which will allow, on an interim basis, for testing as an...
December 15, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Associated Press, December 14, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — A railroad merger nearly derailed this year by a bidding war is moving forward ahead of a final say from regulators on Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern railroad. Full...
