September 22, 2021 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, Unions
September 22, 2021 — The Rail Unions comprising the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC), negotiating together in the current round of National Negotiations, have issued the following statement: “As we advised in January of 2021, the CBC and the nation’s rail...
September 3, 2020 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message from SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson to the SMART-TD membership regarding recent anti-union articles that recently appeared in a railroad industry trade publication.) By Jeremy Ferguson President, SMART-TD Brothers...
July 31, 2020 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, July 31, 2020 — Bargaining teams from 10 unions that make up the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) for this round of national freight rail negotiations participated in a Zoom conference with National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC) Chairman...
February 21, 2020 | 2-man Crews, Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News
(BLET Editor’s note: The following statement by SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson was published on February 20, 2020.) Sometimes it takes something major to happen for people to sit up and take notice. A wake-up call, if you will. From the standpoint of our national...
February 14, 2020 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News
By Dennis R. Pierce, BLET National President (BLET Editor’s Note: The following message from BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce has been excerpted from the January 2020 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News.) INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 14 — As we...
November 1, 2019 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News
CLEVELAND and WASHINGTON, D.C., November 1 — Top leaders of 10 rail unions announced today that their organizations will be participating in coordinated bargaining in the round of national negotiations that began on November 1, 2019. The unions comprising the...
November 8, 2018 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: National Railway Labor Conference press release, November 8, 2018) ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Railway Labor Conference today announced the appointment of Mr. Brendan M. Branon as Chairman of the National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC), effective January...
January 13, 2017 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division press release, January 12, 2017) In his December 26, 2016 press release, BLET President Dennis Pierce made it clear that right now is the time to fight, and made a call to arms to BLET members to join him in...
December 19, 2014 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 18, 2014) Six rail labor unions will bargain jointly in the upcoming round of negotiations for the next national agreements with railroads, leaders of the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet...
November 30, 2011 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: Journal of Commerce, November 29, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Retail Federation (NRF) and the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) urged Congress to step in to avert a potential nationwide strike next week, saying the disruption of rail...
