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Reported by Progressive Railroading. Rail, shipper and labor representatives yesterday testified on rail industry supply-chain “resilience and challenges” at a hearing called by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Rail, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. Chaired by U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), the subcommittee members heard testimony from and asked questions of Association of…

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Reported by Joanna Marsh for Freightwaves. Longer trains, employee morale and the role of technology in freight rail operations came under at times withering scrutiny at a U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing. The hearing, convened to discuss supply chain challenges in the freight rail industry, became a forum for discussion of hot-button topics.…

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Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, President Greg Regan joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and spoke about the current battle between the TTD and railroad carriers, as the unions demand a stop to stock buybacks until improved safety measures are in place. Recently, the TTD began a campaign that demands railroad companies not buy back…

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Fourteen unions representing more than 100,000 freight-rail workers have launched a campaign demanding that U.S. freight-rail corporations stop all stock buybacks until rail safety improves. On the nostockbuybacks.org website, unions ask railroad executives to stop using the precision scheduled railroading business model and decrease the rate of safety accidents across the industry so that workers…

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Negotiations between U.S. Class I railroads and unions representing operating craft employees, such as locomotive engineers and train conductors, regarding sick leave and scheduling will likely last through summer, according to Jeremy Ferguson, president for the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers – Transportation Division (SMART-TD). The unions and the railroads…

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Rail unions want railroads to take some of the billions they’re using every year to buy back their stock and spend it to improve safety in the wake of several high-profile derailments and hire more workers. The 12 unions that represent all of the more than 100,000 workers across the industry said Friday that collectively…

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U.S. labor unions called on railroad operators to halt all stock buybacks until they improve safety and abandon their lean operating model, which regulators and shippers say has led to deterioration in the quality of service. The unions have blamed Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR), a concept that encourages running longer trains on fixed schedule with…

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