March 22, 2023 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Television station WILX, March 21, 2023) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will decide the fate of Michigan’s right-to-work law. Tuesday, the Michigan House of Representatives voted to repeal the right-to-work law. The law was originally passed quickly by Republicans in...
March 22, 2023 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Unifor press release, March 20, 2023) MONTREAL — Unifor has reached tentative collective agreements with CN Rail, averting strike action. “These negotiations were fraught with challenges, including demands for concessions by CN,” said Unifor National...
March 21, 2023 | BNSF, CP, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, Teamsters Canada, Unions
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 20, 2023) BNSF Railway Co. and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers have reached an agreement calling for the union’s members to receive an additional four paid days off to use as sick days and gain the ability to...
March 17, 2023 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: People’s World, March 16, 2023) Michigan’s pro-worker Democratic sweep last November swept out the Wolverine State’s corporate Republican-passed right-to-work (for less) laws in March. Democratic legislative leaders, who took “trifecta” power in the election,...
March 16, 2023 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Michigan Advance, March 15, 2023) A committee room and both lobbies of the Michigan Senate’s office building were jammed to the brim early Tuesday morning as more than a hundred workers — many sporting union jackets — watched a Democratic-led Senate panel...
March 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR, Unions
(Source: CNBC, March 8, 2023) The Association of American Railroads has announced several key safety measures for freight rails in the wake of the Norfolk Southern derailments, including the installation of approximately 1,000 new heat detectors, but a key union...
March 8, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety, Unions
(Source: Television station WFMJ, March 6, 2023) It’s been more than a month since the toxic train derailment that dominated headlines across the nation. On Monday, Norfolk Southern announced a new safety plan that might prevent disaster in the future. Some...
March 8, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, Unions
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 7, 2023) A group of unions announced on March 7 that they have filed suit against BNSF Railway over outsourcing of locomotive inspections, maintenance, and repairs, claiming the railroad is cutting its mechanical workforce to boost...
February 10, 2023 | Canada, CN, Contract Negotiations, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Canadian Press, February 9, 2023) Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing about 550 administrative support and intermodal employees in Canada. The railway says terms of the tentative agreement with...
February 8, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, Unions
(Source: Associated Press, February 8, 2023) Several thousand workers at CSX will soon get one of the things that pushed the U.S. railroad industry to the brink of a strike last fall: paid sick time. CSX announced a deal Tuesday with two of its 12 unions, becoming the...
