May 12, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, CP, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 12 — Ballots will be mailed on May 18 to eligible members regarding the BLET’s tentative on-property agreement with the Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern Railroad (DM&E), National President Dennis R. Pierce announced today. Online voting will...
May 6, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, News, Short Line
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following updates an earlier press release and contains corrections to paragraphs 4 and 5.) INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 6 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has reached a tentative on-property agreement with the Dakota,...
May 6, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, STB, Top News, Unions
MAY 6, 2022 — While waiting for a response to our recent request to the National Mediation Board that a proffer of arbitration be issued by the Board to move our contract dispute to the next level, CBC unions participated in two additional days of mediated bargaining...
April 25, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Disaster Relief Not Active, National Negotiations 2019, News
The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition released the following statement on April 25, 2022: On January 24, 2022, after more than two years of bargaining with the major U.S. Class I railroads, the 10 Rail Unions bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition...
April 21, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, CSX, Headlines, SMART-TD
(Source: Railway Age, April 20, 2022) NEW YORK — CSX on April 19 reached what it’s calling a “tentative agreement” with the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division (SMART-TD) to provide SMART-TD Trainmen and Yardmasters with “monthly...
April 14, 2022 | BNSF, Contract Negotiations, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 14 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has reached a tentative on-property agreement with Montana Rail Link (MRL), National President Dennis R. Pierce announced today. Ballots are being mailed on April 15 to active...
April 12, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, National Mediation Board, National Negotiations 2019, Unions
(Source: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division press release, April 11, 2022) SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — At this time, the National Mediation Board (NMB) has denied the BMWED/SMART-MD Coalition’s request for a proffer of arbitration. On Friday, April 8, 2022,...
April 5, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Railway Age, April 4, 2022) NEW YORK — Federal Judge Thomas F. Hogan ruled BMWED could not break decades of precedent — during which it negotiated with a coalition of railroads represented by the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) — and suddenly...
March 21, 2022 | Canada, Contract Negotiations, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, March 19, 2022) CALGARY — Despite the best efforts of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) Negotiating Committee, there will be a lockout tonight at Canadian Pacific (CP). A lockout is a work stoppage...
March 21, 2022 | Canada, Contract Negotiations, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Associated Press, March 20, 2022) DETROIT — Canadian Pacific covers much of the U.S. Midwest and is a large shipper of potash and fertilizer for agriculture. It also carries grain from the U.S. to its northern neighbor for domestic use and exports. Full...
