March 29, 2023 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: USA Today, March 28, 2023) In a win for unions, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed Democratic legislation repealing the state’s right-to-work law. Full story: USA Today
March 29, 2023 | Canada, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: The Loadstar, March 28, 2023) The Canadian government is giving C$18m (US$13.07m) towards establishing a rail park in Winnipeg to facilitate the intermodal transfer of cargo between rail, truck and air. Full story: The Loadstar
March 28, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR
(Source: National Public Radio, March 23, 2023) It’s one of the biggest trends to shape the railroad industry in more than a century – precision scheduled railroading, or PSR. It’s a business model that’s propelled railroad companies to...
March 28, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Atlantic, March 23, 2023) It’s been more than a month since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. More than 100,000 gallons of vinyl chloride, a carcinogen, were released, with some spilling into waterways. Many hundreds of people had...
March 28, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, SMART-TD
(Source: Associated Press, March 23, 2023) Norfolk Southern is backing away from its push to reduce its train crews down to one person, the company said Thursday in a joint announcement with the nation’s largest rail union. Full story: Associated...
March 28, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Associated Press, March 26, 2023) Union Pacific has become the second major freight railroad in the past week to back away from the industry’s longstanding push to cut train crews down to one person as lawmakers and regulators increasingly focus on rail...
March 28, 2023 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 24, 2023) LANSING, Mich. — The Teamsters congratulate Governor Gretchen Whitmer and members of the Michigan legislature for successfully repealing the state’s harmful “right to work” law. “Right to...
March 28, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, March 23, 2023) Federal regulators approved Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern on March 15. The decision is effective April 14 and will form a new rail carrier to be called Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). In...
March 28, 2023 | CN, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, March 24, 2023) CN’s request regarding conditional approval of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger on the sale of KCS’s Springfield Line to CN has been denied by the Surface Transportation Board (STB), which on March 23 provided...
March 28, 2023 | Amtrak, Contract Negotiations, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Railway Age, March 24, 2023) Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (BMWED) and Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) members have reached a tentative agreement, after negotiating as a coalition for 15 months, with Amtrak on a seven-year contract that...
