October 29, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, October 21, 2021) CHICAGO — Persons claiming retirement, disability, survivor, unemployment or sickness benefits from the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) have the right to appeal unfavorable determinations on their...
October 29, 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...
October 29, 2021 | News, NS
CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 28 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the SMART Transportation Division (SMART–TD) escalated their fight against Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) to stop the railroad from forcing locomotive engineers to work as...
October 28, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, October 27, 2021) NEW YORK — For the week ending Oct. 23, 2021, total U.S. rail traffic was down 2.3% from the same point last year, as carload gains were cut by intermodal losses, the Association of American Railroads’ reported on Oct. 20....
October 28, 2021 | Headlines, NS, PSR, Quarterly Income
(Source: Associated Press, October 27, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern’s third-quarter profit jumped 32% even though the number of shipments the railroad delivered remained relatively flat because it was able to increase prices on most categories of freight. Full...
