May 19, 2020 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Fortune, May 18, 2020) NEW YORK — So far, top executives of many major U.S. corporations—including some at the very epicenter of the crisis—have mostly held on to their outsize pay packages after giving up some of their salaries. And even as rank-and-file...
May 1, 2020 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 30, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to the executive order issued this week mandating meatpacking plants remain open during the COVID-19 crisis, the Teamsters Union called on the administration...
April 30, 2020 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 28, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, whose pension and benefit funds invest in Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC), today urged other shareholders to reject the...
March 13, 2020 | Headlines, NS, War on Workers
(Source: Williamson Daily News, March 12, 2020) WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Norfolk Southern Railway has “re-positioned” 30 jobs from the 100-plus year old Rail Yard in Williamson, to yards in Bluefield, West Virginia and Roanoke, Virginia. The news came in an...
March 5, 2020 | Headlines, NS, War on Workers
(Source: Supply & Demand Chain Executive, March 4, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Corporation has elected new directors to various committees with operational and technological histories to lead the company’s transformation. News of the new directors...
January 24, 2020 | CP, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: CBC News, January 24, 2020) CALGARY — A police officer probing the death of three Canadian Pacific Railway crewmen killed in a runaway train crash in B.C. last February alleges he was denied access to key evidence and suspects a “coverup” by the...
January 24, 2020 | Headlines, STB, War on Workers
(Source: Freight Waves, January 23, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Employment at the U.S. operations of Class I railroads fell to its lowest level in years in December 2019, according to the latest data released by the Surface Transportation Board. Those operations...
January 24, 2020 | Headlines, UP, War on Workers
(Source: Seeking Alpha, January 23, 2020) NEW YORK — Union Pacific plans to run its railroad with nearly 3,000 fewer workers this year, CEO Lance Fritz tells the Wall Street Journal, as it pushes ahead with a new operating plan that runs fewer, longer trains. The...
January 14, 2020 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 13, 2020) PHOENIX, Ariz. — Busloads of striking mine workers rallied at the opening day of the Arizona Legislature today to call on Gov. Doug Ducey, state legislators, and the Arizona congressional...
December 20, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Sioux City Journal, December 19, 2019) SIOUX CITY, Iowa — NSF Railway, one of the largest freight railroad networks on the continent, has furloughed some of its Sioux City workers. In an email, BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth reported that “fewer than...
