March 23, 2023 | Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, March 22, 2023) On the heels of deals at other Class I railroads, Union Pacific has reached agreements with eight unions to provide workers up to seven paid sick days. The agreement goes into effect April 1. According to a prepared statement...
March 22, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Paid Sick Leave, PSR
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, March 21, 2023) At an investor’s conference last December, Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw made a somewhat surprising announcement for the rail industry: The company would look beyond short-term profits to rebuild service and invest in...
March 21, 2023 | BNSF, CP, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, Teamsters Canada, Unions
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 20, 2023) BNSF Railway Co. and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers have reached an agreement calling for the union’s members to receive an additional four paid days off to use as sick days and gain the ability to...
March 16, 2023 | Headlines, NS, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Freight Waves, March 15, 2023) Norfolk Southern has secured sick leave agreements with two more unions, bringing the total number of unions with such deals with NS up to eight. The latest agreements are with the IAM and BRC. Full story: Freight...
March 13, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Common Dreams, March 9, 2023) Thursday’s U.S. Senate hearing about the ongoing environmental and public health disaster in East Palestine, Ohio “did not go well” for Norfolk Southern president and CEO Alan Shaw, the progressive media...
March 10, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 9, 2023) BNSF Railway said on March 9 that it reached agreements with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW); the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS); and the International Association of Sheet...
March 6, 2023 | CN, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 3, 2023) The agreements provide workers with four paid sick days plus three personal leave days to be used as sick days, CN said. The four unions are the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, National Conference...
February 14, 2023 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, Paid Sick Leave, PSR
(Source: In These Times, February 10, 2023) Four railroad workers discuss Congress’s handling of the rail contract dispute, and how All Street’s destruction of the freight rail system is only going to get worse for workers, shippers, and all of us. Full story: In...
February 14, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: National Public Radio, February 10, 2023) Earlier this week, one of the largest freight railroads in the world, CSX, announced a deal with two rail unions to provide four days of paid sick leave annually, plus the option of converting three personal days into...
February 10, 2023 | Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, PSR
(Source: CNBC, February 9, 2023) Railroad carriers were able to avoid the issue of paid sick leave in the deal Congress struck to avert a nationwide rail strike late last year, but the pressure is back on in Washington, D.C. Freight rail companies were put on notice...
