August 3, 2022 | 2-man Crews, FRA, National Negotiations 2019, News, Regional Meetings
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 3 — More than 200 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and their families convened in Baltimore, Maryland, on the morning of August 2 for the opening ceremonies of the BLET’s second regional meeting of 2022. BLET...
August 1, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
Brothers and Sisters of our unions: Presidential Emergency Board (“PEB” or “the Board”) 250 conducted hearings in Washington, D.C. this past week, concluding on July 28th. We both were honored to represent our unions and, by extension, the memberships of the dozen...
July 26, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Yahoo Finance, July 25, 2022) Rail workers across the country were set to walk off the job on July 18 before President Joe Biden intervened, the latest development in a contentious saga that has been brewing for years. Full story: Yahoo...
July 26, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Sourcing Journal, July 26, 2022) Members of the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) began hearing presentations on Sunday from carriers and labor unions as they look to bring an end to a roughly two-and-a-half-year contract dispute. Full story: Sourcing...
July 24, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
Today, July 24, 2022, the United Rail Unions, who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition, and the Carriers represented by the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC)...
July 22, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, Unions
(Source: Farm Progress, July 20, 2022) The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Coast Longshore Division announced on July 19 that it stands in solidarity with the Rail Unions and they workers they represent as they seek what they would consider a...
July 20, 2022 | Headlines, National Mediation Board, National Negotiations 2019
(Source National Mediation Board press release, July 18, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 15, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. established Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) No. 250, effective July 18, 2022, to investigate collective bargaining disputes between...
July 20, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: NBC News, July 19, 2022) NBC News talked to more than 10 current and former workers about the conditions on the rails. All of the current workers said they supported a stoppage. Workers, who support a system that moves some 20 billion tons of goods a year,...
July 20, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Television station KMTV, July 19, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — All of the nation’s major railroad carriers, including Union Pacific and Burlington Northern-Santa Fe are currently in a heated labor negotiation with around a dozen unions representing the workers. It...
July 15, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, TTD
Editor’s Note: The following is a press release from Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) regarding President Biden’s appointment of a Presidential Emergency Board to investigate the national rail contract dispute. RAIL...
