September 29, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Reuters, September 27, 2022) A union representing machinists, mechanics and maintenance personnel said on Tuesday that it has reached an improved tentative contract deal with a committee representing major U.S. freight railroads. The agreement, that covers...
September 29, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Freight Waves, September 28, 2022) Rail workers with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) have voted to ratify the union’s labor contract with U.S. freight railroads. IBEW joins two other unions, the Transportation Communications...
September 27, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
PUBLIC RESOLUTION REGARDING THE BLET NATIONAL WAGE COMMITTEE DECISION TO SEND THE TENTATIVE NATIONAL FREIGHT AGREEMENT TO A MEMBERSHIP RATIFICATION VOTE WHEREAS, the BLET Bylaws provide for the structure of a National Wage Committee, including elected Members of the...
September 22, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, September 22 — Today begins a 15-day Question and Answer (Q&A) period as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) will distribute copies of the Tentative Agreement (TA) to all General Chairmen and Local Chairmen involved in...
September 20, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: CNN, September 20, 2022) The fact that there is not a freight railroad strike happening this week is a huge win for the US economy and its still struggling supply chain. But that doesn’t mean that the freight railroads are providing good service to...
September 20, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Railway Age column by David Schanoes, September 19, 2022) With this much capital investment providing for this much make-up and movement, facilitating this much productivity of labor, attacking crew operating costs becomes destructive, rather than...
September 19, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Liberation News editorial, September 19, 2022) Top level government officials, even the president himself, were compelled to make the grievances of railroad workers their top priority. This is testament to the huge power that the working class holds when it...
September 19, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Column by Jamelle Bouie, New York Times, September 16, 2022) The short story behind the now-averted railroad strike is this: The largest freight railroad carriers in the country were willing to cripple the transportation infrastructure of the United States...
September 19, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Reuters, September 16, 2022) Union rail workers in the United States scored a potential key victory in their fight for improved pay and working conditions on Thursday in what could be a model for other unions. While not directly applicable to ongoing...
September 19, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: Nebraska Public Media, September 16, 2022) A tentative agreement between union workers and railroad companies reached earlier this week means Nebraska’s harvest may continue without a sudden slowdown. While the tentative agreement means Nebraska’s...
