November 15, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, PSR, TTD
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 14, 2022) A rail labor union coalition has proposed that Congress require federal regulators to conduct an annual “stress test” that would determine whether the Class I railroads have enough people, equipment, and infrastructure...
November 15, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, PSR, TTD
(Source: Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, press release, November 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s largest transportation labor federation, the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, convened 37 unions to set the federation’s annual...
November 10, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: Statement by AFL-CIO President Lis Shuler, November 9, 2022) While it may be days or weeks until every vote is counted and we know the full results of this election, it’s clear the tireless organizing efforts of working people to engage voters in one-on-one...
September 8, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: Huffington Post, September 7, 2022) The Major League Baseball Players Association plans to join the AFL-CIO labor federation, putting one of professional sports’ top unions in a formal alliance with other labor groups. Tony Clark, the former switch-hitting...
September 6, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: The Hill, September 2, 2022) The AFL-CIO on Friday launched an organizing drive that will aim to connect more than 100,000 volunteers with nearly 8 million voters ahead of November’s midterms. Full story: The Hill
August 26, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
(Source: People’s World, August 25, 2022) The AFL-CIO kicked off the Labor Day weekend, in advance, with a detailed political plan for the fall elections and beyond, released August 24 in a nationwide zoom call. The plan features massive from-the-ground-up...
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 1, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, PSR, STB, TTD
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 30, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The leader of a federation of rail and other unions has written a group of U.S. senators asking that Congress give the Surface Transportation Board more power to enforce railroads’ common-carrier obligations...
June 22, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, TTD, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, June 22, 2022) The debate about how to manage visual inspections in the face of advances in safety technology continues. This time it’s railroad carmen defending the importance of visual inspections for brake testing and maintenance. Full...
May 18, 2022 | AFL-CIO, BNSF, Headlines, Hi-Viz, PSR, TTD
(Source: Montana Free Press, May 17, 2022) Montana’s largest railroad company is making changes to a controversial new employee attendance policy after receiving pushback from railroaders and unions. But even with the changes, labor officials remain unimpressed and...
