December 15, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Railway Age, December 14, 2021) NEW YORK — BNSF, Progress Rail and Chevron U.S.A., Inc., have teamed on a locomotive pilot to “confirm the feasibility and performance of hydrogen fuel for use as a viable alternative to traditional fuels for line-haul rail.”...
December 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 14, 2021 | Headlines, NS, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age, December 13, 2021) NEW YORK — In a Nov. 23 letter submitted to NS Chairman and CEO James A. Squires (who has since transferred his President role to Shaw), STB Chairman Oberman wrote that NS’s recent key operating metrics “are hovering far below...
