January 3, 2023 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 31, 2022) Railroads were catapulted into national headlines in the fall as labor negotiations came down to the wire, raising the prospect of the first strike or lockout in three decades. Full story: Trains Magazine
December 14, 2022 | Headlines, Hi-Viz, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, December 12, 2022) The drama about whether union members would go on strike has passed, with Congress passing legislation and President Joe Biden signing that legislation requiring all unions to ratify the labor agreement that union and...
November 28, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: Truthout, November 25, 2022) Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in the world and the CEO of BNSF Railway’s parent company, saw his wealth jump by nearly $1.4 billion in a single day earlier this week, a sum that could easily fund 15 days of...
November 28, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, UP
(Source: Editorial in the North Platte Telegraph, November 27, 2022) In North Platte, we don’t see political parties when we see our railroader neighbors. We see people who deserve respect and care for their health and well-being. Just as we all do. Full story: North...
November 28, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: Markets Insider, November 25, 2022) Sen. Bernie Sanders has called out Warren Buffett for making billions of dollars, while rail employees are fighting for paid sick leave and better working conditions. “Warren Buffett, the owner of BNSF Railway’s...
November 28, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by Doug Riddell, November 22, 2022) Failure to offer some program of paid sick leave is not only unconscionable, but patently unsafe. I often went to work so sick I could hardly keep my head raised to observe the signals ahead—but I...
November 28, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Cowboy State Daily, November 25, 2022) In September, President Joe Biden stepped in to help with labor negotiations between unions and major freight railroads, and a strike was averted with a tentative agreement. Four of the 12 unions have since voted against...
November 17, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, November 17 — Voting for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) Tentative National Agreement will continue until Sunday, November 20, at 11:59 p.m. ET. However, the deadline to request a replacement ballot is November 18, 2022...
November 16, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, SMART-TD
(Source: American Journal of Transportation, November 16, 2022) Dennis Pierce, the president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, has held 20 town hall meetings over the past month in an effort to answer questions and help explain to BLE-T members...
November 16, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, Shippers
(Source: CNBC, November 16, 2022) The U.S. chemical manufacturing industry is one of the largest users of freight rail, shipping more than 33,000 carloads per week, and it is forecasting billions of dollars in economic damage if a labor deal isn’t reached between rail...
