July 2, 2018 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Associated Press, June 28, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Their membership has been declining for decades. They’ve been bedeviled by crippling new laws, and by a devastating U.S. Supreme Court decision just this week. From all appearances, it would seem that labor...
June 14, 2018 | CP, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen press release, June 13, 2018) FORT ROYAL, Va. — Signalmen employed by the Canadian Pacific – SOO Line Railroad Company (CP/SOO Line) have ratified a new six-year contract. The new Agreement settles all issues arising...
June 6, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Railway Age, June 4, 2018) NEW YORK — Amtrak’s just-instituted practice of providing sleeping car customers, beginning with the Lake Shore Limited and Capitol Limited, with “contemporary and fresh dining choices” is “nothing more than a cold snack in a...
May 24, 2018 | Contract Agreement, Headlines, Unions
(Source: National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC) press release, May 23, 2018) ARLINGTON, Va. — An arbitration board has ruled that the pattern health care terms adopted by the freight railroads and nine of the other unions in national bargaining should apply to the...
May 21, 2018 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Politico, May 21, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Blue state lawmakers are waging a preemptive strike against an anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision that could decimate the power of public-sector unions across the nation. Full story:...
May 16, 2018 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Tri States Public Radio, May 15, 2018) BURLINGTON, Iowa — Jeff Kurtz, a retired member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, is running for political office in the State of Iowa. During his railroad career, Brother Kurtz was a BNSF...
May 15, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 14, 2018) Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) members that work for Amtrak have ratified a new contract with the national intercity passenger railroad, BRS announced. Full story: Progressive Railroading
May 9, 2018 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Huffington Post, May 4, 2018) NEW YORK — Sylvia Antuna is worried. The cook has worked at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for 18 years. But after some fellow cooks showed her a video of a restaurant in China that uses robots, she’s become concerned...
April 19, 2018 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Reuters, April 19, 2018) PARIS — Striking French rail staff halted train services for the seventh day this month on Wednesday in protest over a major shake-up of the state-owned railway company, but President Emmanuel Macron said he would not be cowed into...
March 21, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 20, 2018) The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) and Amtrak have reached and signed a tentative agreement covering wages and benefits. Full story: Progressive Railroading
