April 3, 2019 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: GoErie.com, April 3, 2019) ERIE, Pa. — Talks this past week between Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers at the former GE Transportation plant in Erie have produced agreement on a couple of...
April 1, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Unions
(Source: CN press release, March 31, 2019) MONTREAL — CN announced today that new tentative collective agreements have been reached between Unifor Council 4000 and CN. Three collective agreements cover over 2,150 CN employees in Canada including all clerks and...
March 20, 2019 | Headlines, NS, Unions
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 19, 2019) Norfolk Southern Railway has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of federal rail safety regulations regarding refresher training for mechanical inspectors....
March 19, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: GoErie.com, March 18, 2019) ERIE, Pa. — Representatives of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, former employees of the GE Transportation plant in Erie, sat down last week with negotiators from their new employer, Westinghouse Air...
March 14, 2019 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, March 10, 2019) SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico is not what is known as a “right-to-work” state, and the Legislature drove home that point Sunday night. The Senate voted 23-19 to approve House Bill 85, which permits employers and labor...
March 11, 2019 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Erie News Now, March 10, 2019) ERIE, Pa. — Union employees return to work at Wabtec on Monday. It comes after both sides reached an agreement Wednesday for a 90-day deal to end the strike. The union is ready to get back to work until a longer deal can be...
March 8, 2019 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) press release, March 1, 2019) ERIE, Pa. — An economic impact study released today by UE Local 506 on Thursday, February 28, shows that the negative economic impact of the wage reductions demanded by...
March 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: CBS Philadelphia, March 7, 2019) PHILADELPHIA — Members of SEPTA’s Transit Police return to the picket line at Jefferson Station Thursday morning. Nearly 200 SEPTA police officers went on strike Wednesday afternoon over pay and working conditions. They’ve...
March 7, 2019 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: GoErie.com, March 6, 2019) ERIE, Pa. — There will be no picket lines Thursday morning outside Wabtec Corp. in Erie, where about 1,700 union members have been on strike since Feb. 26, the day after the merger between Wabtec and GE Transportation. Wabtec and...
March 6, 2019 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Television station WEWS, March 6, 2019) LORDSTOWN, Ohio — It’s the end of an era in Lordstown. General Motors will end production of the Chevrolet Cruze at the Lordstown assembly plant on Wednesday, two days before they previously estimated. Full story:...
