September 24, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, September 24, 2021) NEW YORK — Amtrak executives — including newly appointed Executive Vice President-Major Program Delivery Laura Mason — addressed plans for potential infrastructure bill funding and pandemic recovery during the Rail Passengers...
September 24, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, September 2, 2021) CHICAGO — Railroad retirement benefits are based on months of service and earnings credits. Earnings are creditable, up to certain annual maximums, on the amount of compensation subject to railroad...
September 24, 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...
September 22, 2021 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, Unions
September 22, 2021 — The Rail Unions comprising the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC), negotiating together in the current round of National Negotiations, have issued the following statement: “As we advised in January of 2021, the CBC and the nation’s rail...
September 22, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 20, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel – who last week won a hard-fought, four month merger battle to acquire Kansas City Southern – is fully aware that the first Class I railroad combination in two decades is...
