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July 10, 2022

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Lincoln railway workers rally for better work conditions, wages

Reported by Grace McDonald for KOLN. Railway workers rallied outside of the BNSF Railway offices on Sunday. Participants marched and chanted around the Lincoln Station, advocating for more benefits, a pay raise and a new contract. “We’ve gone too long without proper pay raises, proper benefits, sick leave,” said Jakob Forsgren, local chairman of Lodge…
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July 7, 2022

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CORPORATE BILLIONAIRES ARE WRECKING THE SUPPLY CHAIN. JUST LOOK AT THE RAILROADS

Reported by Mel Buer for The Real News. Before these past two years, if you were polling passersby on the street, you would have been hard pressed to find anyone ready to admit that they were seriously concerned about the supply chain. You’d be hard pressed, for that matter, to find many who could describe…
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July 6, 2022

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TTD to STB: ‘Expand Reporting Requirements to Address Self-Inflicted Service Cuts’

Reported by William C. Vantuono for Railway Age. The 37-union-affiliate Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) on July 1 sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board in response to the agency’s “information collection request” regarding Class I railroad reporting requirements. The letter, signed by TTD President Greg Regan, asks the STB to further increase the…
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July 6, 2022

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Breakdown in national rail labor negotiations could threaten Amtrak service

Reported by Dan Zukowski for Smartcitiesdive. President Joe Biden is expected to appoint an emergency board this month to avoid a shutdown of the nation’s large freight railroads, which could also disrupt some Amtrak passenger operations. But Greg Regan, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, is hopeful that outcome can be avoided. Amtrak owns…
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July 6, 2022

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Big business calls on Biden to avert rail strike

Reported by John Gallagher for Freightwaves. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling on President Joe Biden to help resolve a dispute between the country’s Class 1 railroads and 12 rail unions to avert a possible rail strike beginning July 18. In a letter sent to the White House on Wednesday, U.S. Chamber President Suzanne…
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July 1, 2022

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Letters citing rail service crisis continue to circulate at STB

Reported by Progressive Railroading. Surface Transportation Board members and other federal officials continue to hear from rail shippers and other rail industry stakeholders about ongoing freight-rail service issues and the supply-chain crisis. This week, more than 50 Democratic and Republican members of Congress asked the STB to address the problems, particularly those disrupting U.S. food…
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July 1, 2022

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Rail Roundup: Congressmen press STB to address rail service

Reported by Joanna Marsh for Freightwaves. A bipartisan group of members of Congress are concerned about how subpar freight rail service is affecting the fertilizer industry and the greater agricultural sector’s ability to compete in global markets. In a Wednesday letter to the Surface Transportation Board, 51 congressional members representing states across the U.S. urged…
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June 30, 2022

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TTD to Lawmakers: Boost STB Enforcement Authority on Common-Carrier Obligations

Reported by Marybeth Luczak for Railway Age. Transportation Trades Department (TTD), AFL-CIO President Greg Regan is urging a bipartisan group of lawmakers to support legislation reauthorizing the Surface Transportation Board (STB). His agenda: to clarify the railroads’ common carrier obligation and to provide “more effective mechanisms” for the STB to enforce it. TTD’s Regan made…
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June 30, 2022

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Union leader asks senators to give STB more power to deal with rail service issues

Reported by Trains. The leader of a federation of rail and other unions has written a group of U.S. senators asking that Congress give the Surface Transportation Board more power to enforce railroads’ common-carrier obligations as a way to address ongoing service issues. Tuesday’s letter from Greg Regan, president of the Transportation Trades Division, AFL-CIO…
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June 29, 2022

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Rail union urges senators to revise common carrier obligation

Reported by Joanna Marsh for Freightwaves. The Transportation Trades Department is asking Congressional senators to consider revising the common carrier obligation so its meaning is more clear and enforceable. The common carrier obligation defines the freight railroads’ role in delivering bulk goods, and the Surface Transportation Board uses it as a basis in rendering decisions.
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