Written by Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor For railwayage.com Although six of 12 rail labor unions have ratified amendments to contracts setting wages, benefits and work rules on most Class I railroads and many smaller ones, two unions—the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) and Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the Teamsters […]
Monthly payments of up to $600 would be repaid when new contract is reached Courtesy text of trains.com Rail unions have turned down a proposal for advance payments while bargaining over a new national contract continues, according to the organization representing railroads in the negotiations. The offer to provide advance payments of up to $600 […]
Photo courtesy BLET. Written by Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor for railwayage.com Collective bargaining between most of the nation’s largest railroads, represented by the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC), and their 12 craft-specific labor unions commenced Nov. 1 with the two sides exchanging broadly defined demands in preparation for face-to-face talks to amend contracts […]