CLEVELAND, November 20 — The two-day arbitration hearing regarding the carriers’ assignment of remote control operations to non-engineers ended yesterday in Chicago with each party offering rebuttals.
BLE President Don Hahs said he was confident the BLE position would prevail. The BLE took the position that, “The assignment of other than locomotive engineers to operate locomotives via remote control in connection with the movement of cars, trains and/or engines in terminal operations is a violation of the exclusive rights of locomotive engineers to perform such service pursuant to existing BLE Agreements and established practice.”
A decision is expected before the end of the year.
The hearing began on Nov. 18 with each party submitting oral and written arguments. Each party’s written submissions are available here as PDF files on the BLE’s website.