August 10, 2020 | News, Railroad Retirement
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.) CHICAGO, August 10 — In my last update on July 9, 2020, I informed you of correspondence that the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)...
August 3, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, July 2, 2020) CHICAGO — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) administers the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), which provides two kinds of benefits for qualified railroaders: unemployment benefits for those...
July 9, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Axios, July 8, 2020) NEW YORK — Top White House officials have bluntly warned the head of a board that administers railroad workers’ retirement benefits that the investment trust he oversees is exposing investors to undue economic risk and endangering...
July 6, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, May 29, 2020) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the principles and objectives of customer-driven quality service agency-wide. The RRB’s plan lays out the standards and...
July 6, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, May 29, 2020) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the principles and objectives of customer-driven quality service agency-wide. The RRB’s plan lays out the standards and...
July 6, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.) CHICAGO, May 29 — In last week’s update, I advised that program testing was underway and that we anticipated making the first payments...
June 2, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, May 11, 2020) CHICAGO — Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a Form BA-6, Certificate of Service Months and Compensation, for every railroad employee with creditable railroad compensation in the...
May 29, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.) CHICAGO, May 21 — In my last update, I explained that Phase 2 of the Railroad Retirement Board’s (RRB) CARES Act implementation plan was...
May 29, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.) CHICAGO, May 21 — In my last update, I explained that Phase 2 of the Railroad Retirement Board’s (RRB) CARES Act implementation plan was...
May 21, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the Railroad Retirement Board.) CHICAGO, May 11 — As explained in the attached press release (below), I am pleased to announce that beginning on May 12, 2020, unemployment...
