October 14, 2011 | Contract Negotiations, News
By Dennis R. Pierce BLET National President CLEVELAND, October 14 — This month’s BLET Newsletter devotes primary coverage to our ongoing and yet to be resolved dispute with the National Carrier’s Conference Committee over the current round of bargaining. As you all...
March 1, 2007 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(The Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition circulated the following news release on February 28.) WASHINGTON – An alliance of seven national railroad unions reached tentative agreement February 28 with the nation’s freight railroads on a new collective bargaining pact – the...
March 1, 2007 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article on March 1.) WASHINGTON — U.S. railroads reached a tentative agreement on wages and benefits Wednesday with seven unions representing 66,000 workers, the National Carriers Conference Committee said. The accord...
March 1, 2007 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(The following article by Gregory Richards was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on March 1.) NORFOLK, Va. — Seven rail unions representing 46 percent of rail employees reached a tentative labor agreement Wednesday with the country’s major freight railroads,...
March 1, 2007 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Alan Zibel on March 1.) WASHINGTON — After more than two years of negotiations, U.S. freight railroads on Wednesday reached a new labor agreement with unions representing about 66,000 workers. The...
December 19, 2005 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article on December 17.) WASHINGTON — Union Pacific Corp. and other large U.S. railroads asked federal mediators to release them from talks with unions representing 85,000 workers, moving the two sides a step closer to a...
July 21, 2004 | Contract Negotiations, News
CLEVELAND, July 21 — In the coming months the BLET/Teamster Rail Conference will begin coordinated national bargaining with the nation’s railroads. In order to best represent your interests, this campaign will be member-driven and reflect the desires and...
