June 24, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 24 — This week, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) is mailing ballots to more than 23,000 members seeking authorization for the Union’s leadership to call a strike should one become necessary to settle the current...
June 22, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 22 — In a conference call held with all BLET General Chairmen today, National President Dennis R. Pierce announced that preparations are underway to poll members to authorize a strike in the event one becomes necessary to attain the...
June 20, 2022 | Headlines, National Mediation Board, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: National Mediation Board press release, June 17, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. —The National Mediation Board (NMB) confirms that, pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) and the twelve unions noted below were released by...
June 16, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Associated Press, June 14, 2022) Railroad contract talks remain deadlocked after more than two years of negotiations, so President Joe Biden will likely soon have to appoint a board to help settle the dispute. “The railroads have still refused to make an...
June 15, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Bloomberg, June 14, 2022) Major railroads, including Union Pacific Corp. and BNSF Railway Co., and their unions remain at an impasse after a government board ended efforts to mediate a settlement, a move which will likely force President Joe Biden’s...
June 15, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
The United Rail Unions issued the following statement on June 15, 2022: Following the conclusion of our third week of compulsory mediation conducted by the National Mediation Board (NMB), the Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining...
June 10, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
The united Rail Unions issued the following statement on June 9, 2022: The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition concluded their third week of compulsory...
June 7, 2022 | Headlines, National Mediation Board, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Railway Age, June 6, 2022) NEW YORK — The rail unions bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition are calling on the National Mediation Board (NMB) to “put forth a...
June 3, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
The united Rail Unions issued the following statement on June 2, 2022: The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition concluded their second week of compulsory...
May 20, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News
CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 20, 2022) — The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) Rail Labor Unions* are preparing for in-person mediation sessions before the National Mediation Board (NMB) in Washington D.C., May 24-26. The Unions hope this will help to settle their...
