March 10, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: WGBH, March 10, 2020) BOSTON — A new campaign pushing back against cuts to the MBTA maintenance workforce launched Monday with a protest outside the Transportation Building ahead of a T board meeting. Through public records requests, the Safe Transit Now...
March 5, 2020 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: TCU/IAM press release, March 4, 2020) ROCKVILLE, Md. — TCU/IAM National President Robert A. Scardelletti announced his retirement to become effective on July 31, 2020, after serving 29 years as TCU’s President with over 53 years of membership in the TCU/IAM....
December 23, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Unions
(Source: SMART-TD press release, December 12, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The president of the SMART Transportation Division, Jeremy Ferguson, is calling on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to issue an emergency order requiring that outdated air brake valves on...
November 8, 2019 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Policy Statement by the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department (TTD), October 29, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since the first U.S. freight trains departed from Baltimore nearly 200 years ago, the freight rail industry has served as the backbone of domestic...
October 29, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Detroit News, October 29, 2019) DETROIT — The first two weeks of the strike by the United Auto Workers cost General Motors Co. $1 billion in lost earnings, and overall losses from the six-week walkout will rise to nearly $3 billion, the automaker said...
October 25, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Detroit News, October 25, 2019) DETROIT — With the majority of United Auto Workers locals approving a new deal with General Motors Co., Friday could be the end of the longest strike against the automaker since 1970. Full story: Detroit...
October 24, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Detroit News, October 23, 2019) DETROIT — The United Auto Workers and General Motors Co. would partner under their new contract to manage the impact of new technologies that threaten a century-old manufacturing process currently employing tens of thousands....
October 23, 2019 | Accident, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Detroit News, October 22, 2019) DETROIT — A General Motors Co. employee was struck by a car and killed Tuesday while out picketing on the strike line near the automaker’s Tennessee plant, according to police. Roy A. McCombs died while on strike with the...
October 22, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Detroit News, October 22, 2019) DETROIT — UAW Local 1853 members at the Spring Hill Manufacturing plant in Tennessee voted down the contract 51% to 49% with skilled trades and production votes combined, according to unofficial results on the local’s...
October 22, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Detroit News, October 21, 2019) DETROIT — United Auto Workers striking General Motors Co. for the past month demanded the return of production from Mexico and reversal of plans to close the sprawling Lordstown Assembly complex in northeast Ohio’s Mahoning...
