May 6, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, STB, Top News, Unions
MAY 6, 2022 — While waiting for a response to our recent request to the National Mediation Board that a proffer of arbitration be issued by the Board to move our contract dispute to the next level, CBC unions participated in two additional days of mediated bargaining...
April 27, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Associated Press, April 25, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — All the major railroads now plan to offer their employees up to $600 a month in advance of raises they expect to pay once the current two-year-old national contract talks are eventually settled. But a coalition...
April 25, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Disaster Relief Not Active, National Negotiations 2019, News
The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition released the following statement on April 25, 2022: On January 24, 2022, after more than two years of bargaining with the major U.S. Class I railroads, the 10 Rail Unions bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition...
April 14, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR, UP
(Source: Television station KUTV, April 13, 2022) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Local members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) met with National President Dennis Pierce Wednesday morning in Salt Lake City as the union negotiates with Union...
April 12, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, National Mediation Board, National Negotiations 2019, Unions
(Source: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division press release, April 11, 2022) SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — At this time, the National Mediation Board (NMB) has denied the BMWED/SMART-MD Coalition’s request for a proffer of arbitration. On Friday, April 8, 2022,...
March 28, 2022 | CP, National Negotiations 2019, News, SMART-TD, Teamsters Canada
By Dennis R. Pierce, BLET National President (BLET Editor’s Note: The following message from President Pierce has been excepted from the January-March 2022 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News.) INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 28 — In the piece that I wrote...
March 9, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: BMWED/SMART-TD press release, March 7, 2022) SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — The recent letter of support from the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition, comprising of 11 Rail Unions including our Teamster Rail partner the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, is...
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 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 25, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Associated Press, January 24, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — Contract talks between the biggest freight railroads and unions that represent 105,000 employees are headed to mediation this week after the unions declared an impasse following more than two years of...
