October 19, 2021 | News, Unions, UP
CLEVELAND, October 15, 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) are jointly taking on Union Pacific Railroad...
October 19, 2021 | Headlines, Unions, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 18, 2021) Union Pacific Railroad on Oct. 15 filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court after receiving communications from three unions protesting the Class I’s vaccination mandate. The unions involved are the...
October 7, 2021 | Headlines, Organizing, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) press release, October 4, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for the IAM and transportation union members across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear two cases...
September 22, 2021 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, Unions
September 22, 2021 — The Rail Unions comprising the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC), negotiating together in the current round of National Negotiations, have issued the following statement: “As we advised in January of 2021, the CBC and the nation’s rail...
August 26, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: www.nj.com, August 26, 2021) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit officials approved a new contract Wednesday night with nine unions representing bus drivers and mechanics that was completed before the old agreements expired. Full story:...
August 18, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: WHYY, August 17, 2021) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — SEPTA and the union that represents thousands of transit workers have begun negotiating a new contract. Transport Workers Union Local 234 wants the new contract to acknowledge its members as frontline workers who...
August 4, 2021 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Jurist, August 3, 2021) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing officer recommended on Monday that employees at an Amazon plant in Bessemer, Alabama, hold a second election due to interference and intimidation by the retail giant....
July 30, 2021 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Moneywatch, July 27, 2021) TOPEKA, Kan. — Hundreds of Frito-Lay employees are back on the job this week after ratifying a new union contract that guarantees them one day off a week. Full story: CBS News
July 22, 2021 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Vox, July 21, 2021) TOPEK, Kansas — Workers at a Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas, have been on strike for more than two weeks asking for better working conditions and pay. The way they tell it, they’ve got good reason to take action: Some of the plant’s 850...
July 22, 2021 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Bloomberg Law, July 21, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The divided U.S. Senate confirmed union lawyer Jennifer Abruzzo to serve as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board on a party-line vote that reflected the deep political and legal discord over...
