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...
March 16, 2022 | 2-man Crews, Contract Negotiations, Headlines, SMART-TD
(Source: SMART Transportation Division press release, March 15, 2022) CLEVELAND, Ohio — Class I railroad carriers BNSF and NS declared an impasse this week in the mandatory bargaining over crew size under Section 6 of the Railway Labor Act (RLA). In declaring an...
March 14, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 11, 2022) ARLINGTON, Va. — The organization representing railroads in bargaining with labor over a new national contract is disputing a request by unions to move the process from mediation to arbitration, saying the two sides have not...
March 7, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, Unions
(Source: Railway Age, March 1, 2022) NEW YORK — The BMWED/SMART-Mechanical Division bargaining coalition late last month petitioned the National Mediation Board (NMB) for a proffer of arbitration, requesting to be released from further mediation sessions with the...
February 28, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, News, SMART-TD
February 28, 2022 — By letter dated February 24, 2022, the rail bargaining coalition made up of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the Teamsters Rail Conference and the Mechanical Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air,...
February 4, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Labor Notes, February 2, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Contract negotiations covering 115,000 rail workers in the U.S. are expected to heat up in 2022. In the flurry of reporting on what’s slowing down the supply chain, little has been said about one contributing...
February 1, 2022 | BNSF, Contract Negotiations, DOT, National Negotiations 2019, News
CLEVELAND, Ohio, (February 1, 2022) — By letter dated January 31, 2022, BLET and SMART-TD are seeking review by both the Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Transportation of all Class I attendance policies. In a joint letter to Labor Secretary Martin Walsh...
January 24, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, Unions
The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) released the following statement on January 24, 2022: After more than two years of bargaining with the major U.S. Class 1 railroads, discussions completely stalled last week.Accordingly, pursuant to the terms and conditions...
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...
