August 11, 2022 | COVID, Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, August 8, 2022) Bailey Yard workers are more prone to give up on railroading after three years of layoffs followed by COVID-19, a North Platte rail union leader told an AFL-CIO virtual “town hall” last week. Mike Gage, president of...
August 9, 2022 | COVID, Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR, TTD
(Source: People’s World, August 8, 2022) As the nation’s railroad worker unions presented their details for a new contract with the freight railroads to a Presidential Emergency Board, rank-and-file workers, upset with no contract since before the coronavirus...
August 8, 2022 | Amtrak, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Politico, August 8, 2022) Two years ago, Amtrak was facing a “near-death” experience, Stephen Gardner, CEO of the national passenger rail service, said at a briefing last week with the Association for a Better New York. Both business and travel leisure...
August 5, 2022 | COVID, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 5, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Costco Teamsters are one step closer to a nationwide work stoppage following another day of contentious negotiations for a new national contract. The Teamsters are...
July 12, 2022 | COVID, Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Television station KOLN, July 10, 2022) LINCOLN, Neb. — Railway workers rallied outside of the BNSF Railway offices on Sunday. Participants marched and chanted around the Lincoln Station, advocating for more benefits, a pay raise and a new contract. It’s been...
July 12, 2022 | COVID, Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, June 30, 2022) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) administers the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), which provides two kinds of benefits for qualified railroaders: unemployment benefits for those...
June 30, 2022 | Amtrak, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Main Public Radio, June 29, 2022) So far this month, Downeaster passenger trains are carrying 94% as many riders as in June 2019, before the pandemic. Full story: Main Public Radio
June 17, 2022 | Commuter Rail, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 16, 2022) The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced this week that Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad set new pandemic-era ridership records on June 14. Full story: Progressive Railroading...
June 2, 2022 | COVID, Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, April 25, 2022) CHICAGO — Effective April 25, 2022, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is offering in-person appointments at its nationwide network of 53 field offices. Individuals can schedule appointments by...
May 12, 2022 | COVID, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 11, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As a union that represents thousands of nurses and other health care workers, the Teamsters are proud to celebrate National Nurses Week, which runs from May 6 through May...
