November 9, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Contract Agreement, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 9, 2021) PHILADELPHIA — Members of the union representing workers in the city transit division have ratified a two-year contract with SEPTA that includes raises, a hazard bonus for working during the pandemic, and parental...
October 29, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Contract Agreement, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 29, 2021) PHILADELPHIA — Members of Transport Workers Local 234 would get 3% annual raises in each of the two years of the tentative contract, as well as a one-time pandemic hazard bonus of one dollar for each hour worked...
May 24, 2018 | Contract Agreement, Headlines, Unions
(Source: National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC) press release, May 23, 2018) ARLINGTON, Va. — An arbitration board has ruled that the pattern health care terms adopted by the freight railroads and nine of the other unions in national bargaining should apply to the...
August 8, 2007 | Contract Agreement, Headlines, NS
(Reuters circulated the following on August 7.) CHICAGO — Norfolk Southern Corp. said on Tuesday it reached a tentative agreement with a union representing locomotive engineers at the U.S. railroad that will continue to link their compensation to the company’s...
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...
