May 27, 2016 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Seattle Times, May 26, 2016) SEATTLE, Wash. — A federal jury Thursday awarded more than $1.6 million to a former BNSF Railway employee from Arlington who was fired six years ago after he conducted a brake test over the objections of his supervisors. Full...
May 17, 2016 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Seattle Times, May 16, 2016) SEATTLE — More than six years after his dismissal, former BNSF Railway conductor Curtis Rookaird is facing off this week in U.S. District Court with his former employer over a civil claim that he was illegally fired after relaying...
May 12, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, Whistleblower
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 11, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union applauds the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) announcement today of a new rule to modernize and streamline the reporting system...
May 11, 2016 | Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Column by Rebecca L. Reindel and M.K. Fletcher, AFL-CIO website, May 5, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2016, we are reflecting on where we have come and where we are going. It is the 45th anniversary of the opening of the Occupational Safety and Health...
May 6, 2016 | CSX, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Offupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) press release, May 5, 2016) NEW YORK — CSX Transportation Inc. violated the anti-retaliation provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act when it suspended an employee at its...
November 12, 2015 | Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, November 9, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule establishing procedures and time frames for...
October 26, 2015 | Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: All Gov, October 24, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than any other industry, railroads punish whistleblowers, according to the investigative news site FairWarning. Over a period of eight years, railroads were the subject of more than 2,000 retaliation...
October 21, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Fair Warning, October 21, 2015) NEW YORK — As both a veteran railroad worker and union official responsible for safety, Mike Elliott became alarmed when he learned of trouble-plagued train signals in his home state of Washington. Full story: Fair...
July 6, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Seattle Times, July 1, 2015) SEATTLE, Wash. — A railroad whistle-blower has been awarded $1.25 million by a federal jury in Tacoma after a six-day trial in which the former union and safety official proved he was targeted and terminated on a pretext in 2011...
June 23, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) press release, June 17, 2015) SEATTLE — North America’s second-largest freight railroad, Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, must reinstate a train conductor and pay the man...
