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...
March 7, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, Unions
(Source: Railway Age, March 1, 2022) NEW YORK — The BMWED/SMART-Mechanical Division bargaining coalition late last month petitioned the National Mediation Board (NMB) for a proffer of arbitration, requesting to be released from further mediation sessions with the...
January 24, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, Unions
The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) released the following statement on January 24, 2022: After more than two years of bargaining with the major U.S. Class 1 railroads, discussions completely stalled last week.Accordingly, pursuant to the terms and conditions...
December 21, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, December 20, 2021) PHILADELPHIA — After longtime president of Transport Workers Union Local 234 Willie Brown stepped down, his second-in-command Brian Pollitt took over as the leader of the SEPTA’s largest labor union. Full story:...
December 15, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Axios Philadelphia, December 15, 2021) PHILADELPHIA — Willie Brown has stepped down as president of the Transport Workers Union Local 234 this week. Full story: Axios Philadelphia
December 13, 2021 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: CNBC, December 9, 2021) NEW YORK — After a monthslong battle, Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, supported efforts to unionize at least one cafe. The result marks the first successful attempt in the U.S. at unionizing within the giant coffee chain since...
November 9, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Contract Agreement, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 9, 2021) PHILADELPHIA — Members of the union representing workers in the city transit division have ratified a two-year contract with SEPTA that includes raises, a hazard bonus for working during the pandemic, and parental...
November 1, 2021 | News, NS, Unions
On October 29, 2021, the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have responded to the suit Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)...
October 29, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Contract Agreement, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 29, 2021) PHILADELPHIA — Members of Transport Workers Local 234 would get 3% annual raises in each of the two years of the tentative contract, as well as a one-time pandemic hazard bonus of one dollar for each hour worked...
