February 8, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Associated Press, February 8, 2023) Several thousand workers at CSX will soon get one of the things that pushed the U.S. railroad industry to the brink of a strike last fall: paid sick time. CSX announced a deal Tuesday with two of its 12 unions, becoming the...
January 25, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Unions, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 23, 2023) Union Pacific has asked the Federal Railroad Administration for permission to temporarily deactivate the centralized traffic control on a 13.4-mile section of its Winnemucca Subdivision in Nevada, saying that windblown sand...
January 18, 2023 | Canada, CP, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Unifor press release, January 13, 2023) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Unifor Local 101R has reached a tentative agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), covering 1,200 workers at 18 locations from British Columbia to Quebec. “These are hard working members who...
December 15, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, December 14, 2022) Shippers, railroaders and the federal board that oversees the rail industry blasted Union Pacific during a two-day hearing in Washington on December 13 and 14, over the Class I’s increased use of traffic...
December 14, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: CNBC, December 13, 2022) The strike was averted, but tensions between unions and class I freight railroads continue to run high. Under scrutiny at a two-day hearing before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board is Union Pacific’s use of embargoes to clear up...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 7, 2022) Trade groups representing chemical manufacturers, mining companies, energy producers, and agricultural interests, plus several individual shippers, and railroad labor unions all plan to participate in next week’s Surface...
November 28, 2022 | Headlines, Organizing, Unions
(Source: Seattle Times opinion column by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, November 24, 2022) We are witnessing more worker organizing than many of us have seen in our lifetimes. Workers at colleges and universities, retail stores, newsrooms, nonprofits, museums, and more...
November 18, 2022 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: KCUR, November 17, 2022) More than 100 workers at Wabtec have been on strike since Oct. 27 — protesting low wages, misclassification of jobs and safety — and say they aren’t likely to stop anytime soon. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers...
November 17, 2022 | Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(Source: Associated Press, November 16, 2022) Illinois voters have approved an amendment to their state constitution guaranteeing the right to bargain collectively. Unions groups say it could signal a new chapter in the struggle over workers’ rights as U.S. union...
September 12, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, Unions
(Source: CNN, September 11, 2022) There has been a surge in union activism — including strikes and organizing efforts — in the last year that is being driven by factors far beyond pay rates and benefits packages. It’s not just about the money. If pay was the...
