March 31, 2020 | News, Railroad Retirement
(The following is a Railroad Retirement Board press release) CHICAGO, March 31 — The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, signed into law by President Trump on March 27, boosts unemployment and sickness benefits for railroad workers...
March 30, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Freight Waves, March 27, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR), the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive...
March 27, 2020 | News, Railroad Retirement
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 27 — The needs of railroad workers and their families — including improvements to railroad unemployment benefits — are included in the new coronavirus stimulus package, which was signed into law today. On March 26, the United States Senate...
March 27, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, March 26, 2020) NEW YORK — By a unanimous 96-0 vote, the U.S. Senate on March 26 passed H.R. 748, its version of a $2 trillion stimulus package for address the devastating economic and societal impacts of the COVID-19...
March 25, 2020 | News, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, March 23, 2020) CHICAGO — The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the Railroad Retirement Board: The purpose of this notice is to update you on how COVID-19 is impacting operations at...
March 23, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, March 5, 2020) CHICAGO — With tax time rapidly approaching, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) wants to remind its customers that the best source of information pertaining to Federal income tax and railroad...
March 19, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, February 17, 2020) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is reminding its customers to use caution and common sense to avoid being the victim of a telephone or email scam. Should there be some type of...
March 6, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, February 10, 2020) CHICAGO — Spend less time on hold and get what you need when you need it! There are self-serve options, available 24/7, for requesting information and conducting business with the Railroad Retirement...
February 14, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, December 11, 2019) CHICAGO — Retirees, and those planning retirement, should be aware of the railroad retirement laws and rules governing benefit payments to annuitants who work after retirement. The following...
December 11, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, November 1, 2019) CHICAGO — Many railroad employees have at some time served in the Armed Forces of the United States. Under certain conditions, their military service may be credited as rail service under the Railroad...
