February 15, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen press release, February 11, 2019) FORT ROYAL, Va. — On Monday, February 11, 2019, The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) held an election to fill the Vice President NRAB position. This position was recently vacated by...
February 7, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 6, 2019) CN employees who are members of United Steelworkers Local 2004 (USW) have approved a new five-year contract, the union and Class I announced yesterday. Full story: Progressive Railroading
January 17, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Brotherhood of Railroad Signalment press release, January 15, 2019) FRONT ROYAL, Va. — Per the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Constitution, the General Chairmen and Grand Executive Council gathered today and elected Jerry C. Boles as President of the...
January 8, 2019 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Forbes, January 7, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The IRS has announced that employees will open tax season on time – and issue tax refunds – despite a government shutdown. But don’t plan on spending those tax refund dollars just yet: the National...
December 28, 2018 | CP, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Canadian Press, December 27, 2018) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says Unifor members have ratified a four-year labor agreement covering about 1,200 employees responsible for maintaining rail cars and locomotives. Full story:...
December 27, 2018 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 20, 2018) The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) has announced that President Floyd Mason will retire Jan. 1. Per BRS governing documents, Secretary-Treasurer Jerry Boles will assume his duties until the union elects a...
December 17, 2018 | CN, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Canadian National Railway press release, December 14, 2018) MONTREAL — CN announced today that a new tentative collective agreement has been reached between Unifor Local 100 and CN. Unifor represents approximately 2,100 locomotive and freight-car mechanics,...
August 21, 2018 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: The Hill, August 17, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chief executives at the 350 largest companies in the United States reportedly earned 312 times more than their average employees last year, according to a new study released on Thursday. Research carried out...
July 19, 2018 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: The Hill opinion column by Monika Roberts, July 17, 2018. Roberts is a member of SEIU Local 500 and a soon-to-be retired administrative secretary for Montgomery County Public Schools.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — I have an embarrassing confession to make: I...
July 2, 2018 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Bloomberg, June 28, 2018) NEW YORK — Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that millions of public sector workers can stop paying union fees, a group tied to Republican billionaires long opposed to organized labor — and its support of the Democratic Party —...
