May 31, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, PSR, Shippers
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 30, 2023) Railroads have to mend frayed relationships with customers, employees, Congress, and regulators, CSX Transportation CEO Joe Hinrichs told a shipper conference last week. A number of recent factors have helped perpetuate negative...
May 22, 2023 | Headlines, NS, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 19, 2023) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, one of the two largest rail unions, reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern for up to seven paid sick days for engineers. That includes five new paid sick...
May 18, 2023 | News, NS, Paid Sick Leave
Agreement to provide new benefits to over 3,300 craft railroaders INDEPENDENCE, OH, and ATLANTA (May 18, 2023) — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) announced Thursday that they have reached an...
May 9, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, PSR
(Source: Associated Press, May 8, 2023) Tens of thousands of engineers remain frustrated with the lack of paid sick time and the demands railroads like BNSF are making in negotiations despite the deals that have been made this year for most of the other rail unions....
May 1, 2023 | Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: The Guardian, May 1, 2023) U.S. freight rail companies nearly spurred a nationwide railroad strike last fall by refusing to grant paid sick days, but in a surprise move welcomed by workers, those railroads have recently granted paid sick days to almost half...
April 20, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, NS, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 18, 2023) BNSF Railway and Norfolk Southern have reached paid sick time agreements with two more of the unions representing their employees. BNSF reached a deal with the International Brotherhood of Railway Carmen. NS reached agreement...
April 14, 2023 | 2-man Crews, News, Organizing, Paid Sick Leave, PSR
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 14 — Paid sick leave and rail safety were among the topics of discussion as members of the BLET’s National General Chairmen’s Association (NGCA) concluded their annual meeting, which was held at the BLET National Division headquarters on...
April 11, 2023 | Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Editorial in the Seattle Times, April 9, 2023) State and federal governments recently have focused on ways to make the nation’s railways safer after a series of derailments, from East Palestine, Ohio, to Swinomish, left communities concerned about their own...
April 5, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, SMART-TD
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 3, 2023) CSX Transportation has reached a tentative agreement with the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Transportation Division B&O union to provide trainmen and conductors with paid sick leave benefits. Pending...
March 28, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Railway Age, March 23, 2023) CSX on March 22 reported reaching an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) for paid sick leave. According to CSX, this is the seventh agreement between the Class I and rail unions in recent...
