News and Media Archives - Page 22 of 130

December 16, 2022

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No penalty for calling in sick, says this US rail company

Reported by Railfreight.Com. The last few weeks in the United States have been quite chaotic when it comes to the future of rail workers. Since institutions have not seemed to find effective solutions for a collective agreement, rail freight companies in the country are taking it upon themselves to try and help their employees. Rail…
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December 16, 2022

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Railroad workers pressure Congress and Biden to address working conditions

Reported by Michael Sainato for The Guardian. Railroad workers and unions are ramping up pressure on the US Congress and Joe Biden to address poor working conditions in the wake of the recent move to block a strike when Congress voted to impose a contract agreement. Workers and labor activists in America have criticized that…
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December 15, 2022

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FRA hears clashing views from railroads, unions on train crew size

Reported by Joanna Marsh for Freightwaves. Railroads and unions gave conflicting views during a hearing by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on a proposed rulemaking that would require freight trains generally to have at least two crew members in the locomotive cab. The agency is gathering public testimony through next week. Here are some key…
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December 14, 2022

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Rail workers air their frustrations with rallies, vote

Reported by Josh Funk for AP News. Railroad workers who are fed up with demanding work schedules and disappointed in the contract they received aired their frustrations this week at rallies across the country and in a leadership vote at one of their biggest unions. Workers gathered in Washington D.C. and nearly a dozen other…
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December 14, 2022

News and Media, Press Releases and Statements

Rail Workers, Members of Congress Rally for Sick Leave, Two-Person Crews

WASHINGTON – Rail workers, union leaders, and Members of Congress rallied in front of the U.S. Capitol yesterday in support of freight rail industry reforms, including paid sick leave for workers, a two-person crew staffing minimum on trains, and an end to the Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) business model, which has pushed the supply chain…
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December 13, 2022

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US: rail workers to rally outside Capitol and all around the country

Reported by Marco Raimondi for RailFreight.Com. The Transportation Trades Department (TTD) said that rail workers will rally in front of the US Capitol on Tuesday, 13 December, between 1 and 3 pm (GMT -5). The initiative will take place to address the issues within the freight rail industry that are causing general discontent among the…
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December 12, 2022

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Rail industry must overcome strained labor relations in order to survive

Reported by Joanna Marsh for Freightwaves. The drama about whether union members would go on strike has passed, with Congress passing legislation and President Joe Biden signing that legislation requiring all unions to ratify the labor agreement that union and railroad negotiators reached in September. But the battle scars still remain and those scars must…
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December 12, 2022

Press Releases and Statements

TTD Congratulates Shailen Bhatt On Senate Confirmation To Lead Federal Highway Administration

WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, issued this statement after the Senate confirmation of Shailen Bhatt as Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration: “We congratulate Mr. Bhatt on his return to the Department of Transportation and welcome his expertise as the former…
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December 10, 2022

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Culprits in planned rail freight strike

Reported by Darrell Berkheimer for The Union. Yes, the federally-suppressed rail strike would have created economic chaos and cost Americans billions of dollars daily. But have we neglected to identify the culprits that created reasons for the strike? The forced settlement cheats many rail employees of needed sick leave and fails to adequately address bare-bones…
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December 9, 2022

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How America’s Trains Nearly Went Off the Rails

Reported by Peter Coy for The New York Times. (Opinion) I haven’t operated a railroad since I got a Lionel train set for Christmas decades ago, but even I can see that something is wrong. Railroads in North America are struggling to keep trains moving. Shippers are furious over delays. Workers are unhappy about inflexible…
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