August 9, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, STB
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, August 8, 2022) Railroads would be prohibited from raising prices during service emergencies under a legislative package introduced this week meant to address the delays and high costs that have dragged down shipper operations for months....
August 9, 2022 | Legislation, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 9 — BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce has appointed Brother Sean P. Simon of BLET Division 226 (Newark, New Jersey), to serve the BLET as Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, effective July 25, 2022. As the Director of...
August 4, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, STB
(Source: House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee press release, August 3, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act, introduced earlier today by Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M....
August 4, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 3, 2022) An Ohio congressman has introduced a bill which would allow trainees for railroad jobs to complete some aspects of their training online. Full story: Trains Magazine
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 2, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board would get more teeth under a shipper-friendly bill that would reauthorize the agency that regulates freight railroads. The Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act, introduced Tuesday, would give...
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee press release, August 2, 2022) Today, Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure...
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: American Chemistry Council press release, August 2, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Chemistry Council (ACC) welcomes the introduction of the Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act and calls on members of Congress to support its passage. Earlier this...
May 20, 2022 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 19, 2022) Legislation that would require certain trains and locomotives to have a crew size of not less than two people was introduced earlier this month in the New York State Senate with a companion bill in the Assembly....
March 22, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 21, 2022) U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) members late last week expressed their sympathies upon learning that former committee Chair U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) died on March 18. He was 88....
March 16, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Legislation, TTD
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, March 15, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — TTD and our 36 affiliated unions have long called for the historic investments that were finally delivered in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). We especially...
