September 12, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: BMWED press release, September 11, 2022) The tentative National Agreement contains general wage increases of 22% over the term of the agreement (24% when compounded), with retroactive pay (often referred to as “backpay”) for all straight time and overtime...
September 11, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News, SMART-TD
Statement by Jeremy Ferguson, President, SMART Transportation Division and Dennis Pierce, President, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Teamsters Rail Conference on Move announced by the nation’s largest railroads today to further abuse shippers and...
September 9, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: CNN, September 9, 2022) Freight railroads have been around since the 19th century, but you can’t run a 21st century economy without them. The looming possibility of a strike by unions representing more than 90,000 workers at the nation’s freight...
September 9, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Freight Waves, September 8, 2022) Rail stakeholders are concerned that a possible strike by some union members due to stalled contract negotiations could result in multibillion dollar economic impacts. The Association of American Railroads estimates that a...
September 8, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Reuters, September 7, 2022) The National Mediation Board was meeting with unions and freight railroads on Wednesday, joined by U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh in hopes of heading off a potential strike, the department and a railroad group told Reuters. Full...
September 7, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: NCFO press release, September 6, 2022) FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Since the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) #250, the NCFO has been asked to comment concerning this situation. This is a sensitive time in negotiations and we don’t believe in bargaining in the...
September 7, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: BMWED press release, September 6, 2022) SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — The BMWED Bargaining Committee met with the NCCC on August 29th through August 31st and engaged in discussions regarding PEB 250’s recommendations for travel allowances and away from home expenses...
September 2, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News, SMART-TD
The following is a statement from BLET President Dennis Pierce and SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson. CLEVELAND, September 2 — As we approach Labor Day 2022, our Unions stand at a crossroads. While our normal messages heading into one of the most important days for...
September 2, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: IBEW press release, September 1, 2022) The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has reached a tentative agreement with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee, representing most Class I Freight Railroads in collective bargaining. The agreement...
September 2, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: TCU/IAM press release, August 29, 2022) Today, TCU/IAM reached a Tentative Agreement with the National Carrier’s Conference Committee (NCCC). This Agreement will now go out for ratification by the members. The Tentative Agreement secures all of the...
