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
February 26, 2018 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: RFI, February 26, 2018) PARIS — The French government has promised a high-speed reform of the state-owned rail network with the use of administrative decrees, putting it on collision course with trade unions who are to meet to discuss strike action. Full...
February 20, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 16, 2018) Amtrak conductors, assistant conductors and yardmasters represented by SMART Transportation Division General Committees of Adjustment have ratified a tentative agreement that was reached last month. Full story:...
January 23, 2018 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Religion News Service, January 20, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Roman Catholic bishops are backing public sector unions in an upcoming Supreme Court case, pitting church leaders against the Trump administration and conservatives in a legal battle over how...
January 23, 2018 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: National Railway Labor Conference press release, January 23, 2018) ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Railway Labor Conference announced today that the members of the Transportation Communications International Union (TCU) and Brotherhood Railway Carmen (BRC) have...
January 17, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Unions
(Source: SMART Mechanical Department press release, January 16, 2018) SMART Mechanical Department General Committee 2 General Chairman John McCloskey announced Jan. 8 that a tentative agreement with Amtrak has been reached. SMART-MD and coalition partners...
January 17, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Unions
(Source: SMART TD press release, January 16, 2018) SMART Transportation Division General Chairpersons Dirk Sampson (GO 769), Robert Keeley (GO 342) and Fran Ariola (GO 663) announced today that they have reached a tentative agreement with Amtrak on behalf of their...
