News - Page 200 of 661

Coordinated Bargaining Coalition National Negotiations Update: July 31, 2020

July 30, 2020 Bargaining teams from 10 unions that make up the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) for this round of national freight rail negotiations participated in a Zoom conference with National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC) Chairman Brendan Branon and participating Carrier repre [...]

Tags 2019 National Rail Contract negotiations, Coordinated Bargaining Coalition

Class I carriers report 2020 second quarter earnings

July 29, 2020 Net Earnings: Decreased to $1.131 billion from $1.338 billion. Revenue: Decreased to $4.602 billion from $5.893 billion. Operating Income: Decreased to $1.73 billion from $2.007 billion. Operating Expenses:Decreased to $2.872 billion from $3.886 billion. Operating Ratio: Impr [...]

Tags Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Class I railroad earnings, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern Corp., Union Pacific

AFL-CIO TTD’s letter petitions U.S. DOT for passenger face mask mandate

July 29, 2020 Larry Willis, president of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, of which the SMART Transportation Division is a member, sent the following letter on July 27 petitioning Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to issue a regulation requiring passengers to wear masks as t [...]

Tags 2020 election, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, COVID-19, Elaine L. Chao, FAA, facemasks, Larry I. Willis, U.S. Department of Transportation

Kansas DOT proposes two-person crew regulation

July 27, 2020 Another state is making a two-person freight crew the law of their land. On July 27, the Kansas State Department of Transportation proposed a regulation that requires railroads that operate in the state to maintain a two-person crew in the lead locomotive. “Kansas now joins a [...]

Tags Gov. Laura Kelly, Kansas, regulations, two-person crews, Ty Dragoo

Former UTU President DuBose recovering from surgery

July 23, 2020 G. Thomas DuBose, International President of the United Transportation Union (UTU) from 1991 to 1995, is recovering in a medical facility after a recent surgery. To send well wishes to him, address cards to G. Thomas DuBose, 5243 Riverside Dr., Apt. 2211, Macon GA 31210-0890. [...]

Tags G. Thomas DuBose, United Transportation Union

SMART Members to Star on Next Episode of Brotherhood Outdoors

July 15, 2020 Drags whine as line seems to melt from the spool when SMART sheet metal workers Eric Dobek and his son Gage hook up with massive bull redfish in Venice, Louisiana, as guest anglers on the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) Brotherhood Outdoors television series. Airing the we [...]

In letter, RRB responds to White House foreign investment allegations

July 10, 2020 A letter issued from the Labor Member of the Railroad Retirement Board, John Bragg, addressed criticism by White House staff leveled toward RRB regarding investments in Chinese enterprises. Bragg’s response is reproduced below and links to supporting documentation are a [...]

Tags 2020 election, Railroad Retirement Board, RRB Chair Erhard Chorle, RRB Labor Member John Bragg

RRB Q&A: Unemployment and Sickness Benefits for Railroad Employees

July 6, 2020 The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) administers the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), which provides two kinds of benefits for qualified railroaders: unemployment benefits for those who become unemployed but are ready, willing, and able to work; and sickness benefit [...]

Tags Railroad Retirement Board, railroad unemployment and sickness benefits, RRB unemployment benefits, RUIA

H.R. 2 passes U.S. House and moves to Senate

July 2, 2020 H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, a massive $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that contains provisions important to members of all crafts in the SMART Transportation Division and to sheet metal workers, passed through the U.S. House of Representatives by a 233-188 vote on July [...]

Tags 2020 election, Amtrak, blocked crossings, bus operator assault, H.R. 2, INVEST in America Act, Moving Forward Act, National Legislative Director Greg Hynes, Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson, two person crew, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, yardmaster

TD General Chairperson Crawford’s op-ed in Tennessean supports Biden

July 2, 2020 General Chairperson Adren Crawford of GO-433 (Canadian National — Illinois Central) had the following op-ed column published in the Tennessean on June 26. To anyone who thinks America’s labor unions aren’t relevant, think again. In what has become both a sad and challenging t [...]

Tags 2020 election, Adren Crawford, Joe Biden, op-ed