July 8, 2022 | Canada, Headlines, Unions, VIA Rail
(Source: Railway Age, July 7, 2022) As negotiations continue in Montreal, members of Unifor, Canada’s largest union on the private sector and representing VIA Rail’s on-board service personnel, chefs, sales agents and customer staff, issued a strike mandate ahead of...
July 5, 2022 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Unions
(Source: CBC News, July 4, 2022) The Canadian National Railway and the union representing 750 of its signal and communication workers have agreed to enter binding arbitration, bringing an end to a two-week strike. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers...
June 21, 2022 | CN, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 20, 2022) CN has implemented its operational contingency plan now that the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) has begun its strike. The union represents 750 CN employees. Full story: Progressive...
June 20, 2022 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Bloomberg, June 19, 2022) Canadian National Railway Co. workers have gone on strike after failing to reach an agreement on Saturday over benefits and wages, according to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers lead negotiator. Full story:...
June 17, 2022 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Railway Age, June 16, 2022) The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) has notified CN of its intention to strike as of 11 a.m. ET on July 18, the Class I railroad reported June 15. CN said it received 72-hour notice from IBEW, which...
May 6, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, STB, Unions
MAY 6, 2022 — While waiting for a response to our recent request to the National Mediation Board that a proffer of arbitration be issued by the Board to move our contract dispute to the next level, CBC unions participated in two additional days of mediated bargaining...
April 18, 2022 | FRA, Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(Source: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division press release, April 14, 2022) SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Despite misleading commentary from the Class 1 railroads and grandstanding by Republican members of Congress, the Federal Railroad Administration continues...
April 12, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, National Mediation Board, National Negotiations 2019, Unions
(Source: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division press release, April 11, 2022) SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — At this time, the National Mediation Board (NMB) has denied the BMWED/SMART-MD Coalition’s request for a proffer of arbitration. On Friday, April 8, 2022,...
April 6, 2022 | AFL-CIO, BNSF, News, SMART-TD, TTD, Unions
CLEVELAND, Ohio (April 6) — The nation’s two largest railroad unions continue to gather allies and momentum as they oppose the imposition of precision scheduled railroading (PSR) tactics by Class I carriers that put safety and the health and lives of working people at...
April 5, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Railway Age, April 4, 2022) NEW YORK — Federal Judge Thomas F. Hogan ruled BMWED could not break decades of precedent — during which it negotiated with a coalition of railroads represented by the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) — and suddenly...
