August 11, 2022 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines, SMART-TD
(Source: SMART-TD press release, August 10, 2022) Federal Railroad Administrator Amit Bose didn’t elaborate on the proposed two-person crew rule that his agency recently put forth for the public to weigh in on, but he made it clear as he spoke on the second day of the...
August 9, 2022 | 2-man Crews, Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 9, 2022) Canada’s Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra yesterday announced details of a new public consultation on hydrology and measures to mitigate the potential impacts of the Lac-Megantic rail bypass project in Quebec....
August 8, 2022 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines, PSR
(Source: SMART-TD press release, August 5, 2022) In an August 5 message, SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson counters rail industry propaganda regarding the FRA’s proposed rule that would require two-person train crews. He writes in part: “Common sense safety...
August 3, 2022 | 2-man Crews, FRA, National Negotiations 2019, News, Regional Meetings
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 3 — More than 200 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and their families convened in Baltimore, Maryland, on the morning of August 2 for the opening ceremonies of the BLET’s second regional meeting of 2022. BLET...
July 28, 2022 | 2-man Crews, AFL-CIO, FRA, Headlines, TTD
Rail unions welcome FRA’s two-person crew rule (Source: Press release from the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, July 27, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, released the following...
July 28, 2022 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, July 27, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C, July 27, 2022 — To enhance safety, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced a proposed rule requiring a minimum of two train...
July 28, 2022 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines, TTD
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 27, 2022) The Federal Railroad Administration has released its long-anticipated rule proposal to require two-person crews for trains, drawing predictable, and strong, reactions from railroads (which are opposed), and unions (which are in...
June 21, 2022 | 2-man Crews, Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Farmer, June 20, 2022) The contract talks involve approximately 140,000 railroad workers who are members of 13 rail unions. Workers are frustrated they have not received raises since 2019, and they want their pay to increase enough to offset...
June 15, 2022 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg Government, June 14, 2022) Republicans and railroads urged President Joe Biden’s rail chief Tuesday against a rule that could require at least two crew members on freight trains. Republicans and industry representatives contend that a crew-size...
June 1, 2022 | 2-man Crews, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 1 — The BLET-backed two person crew bill — S3953B — has been passed by both the New York State Assembly and Senate, and members who live in New York state are urged to contact Governor Kathy Hochul’s office and ask her to sign the bill into...
