July 23, 2007 | Amtrak, Contract Agreement, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 20.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A union representing Amtrak’s 1,300 locomotive engineers announced Friday that it has reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract with the passenger railroad. Details were...
July 18, 2007 | Contract Agreement, Headlines, Unions
(The National Carriers Conference Committee issued the following on July 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the help of National Mediation Board Mediator Ernie DuBester, the nation’s major freight railroads reached a tentative agreement Tuesday with five rail labor...
June 26, 2007 | Contract Agreement, Headlines
(The following story by Joe Ruff appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on June 26.) OMAHA, Neb — Six of seven unions representing workers at Omaha-based Union Pacific Corp. and other major U.S. railroads have agreed to a contract that includes a 17 percent...
May 10, 2007 | BNSF, Contract Agreement, Headlines
(The following report appeared on the Lincoln Journal Star website on May 9.) LINCOLN, Neb. — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and BNSF Railway Co. have agreed in principle on a contract for BNSF engineers only that would supplement a national...
May 4, 2007 | Contract Agreement, CP, Headlines
(Canadian Pacific issued the following on May 3.) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific today announced it has reached a tentative contract settlement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen, a Division of the Rail Conference of the International Brotherhood...
July 1, 2005 | CN, Contract Agreement, Headlines
(The following letter from Teamsters Canada Rail Conference President Gilles Hallé appeared on the TCRC website on July 1.) OTTAWA — Brothers and Sisters the memorandum of settlement signed with CN Rail on May 18, 2005 has been approved by a clear and overall...
April 13, 2005 | CN, Contract Agreement, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following article on April 12.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian National Railway Co. and its unionized locomotive engineers on CN’s Illinois Central rail property have reached a tentative contract, officials said on Tuesday....
October 10, 2003 | Contract Agreement, Headlines
(The National Railway Labor Conference issued the following news release on October 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s major freight railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) reached agreement yesterday on a tentative collective...
April 11, 2002 | Canada, Contract Agreement, Headlines
MONTREAL — The Canadian Council of Railway Operating Unions, or CCROU, has ratified a new three-year collective agreement with Canadian National Railway Co ., according to a wire service. In a news release, Canadian National said the CCROU consists of the 1,900-...
March 20, 2002 | CN, Contract Agreement, Headlines
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Canadian National announced today that members of the Association of Railway Unions (ARU) at Algoma Central Railway Inc. (ACR) have ratified a new four-year labour agreement. The agreement, covering 124 active employees at ACR, increases...
