TTD in the news Archives - Page 21 of 66

August 30, 2022

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A US Freight Rail Crisis Threatens More Supply Chain Chaos

Reported by Caitlin Harrington for Wired. EARLY THIS SUMMER, farmers worried that millions of chickens in California’s Central Valley might soon peck each other to death. The birds were running perilously low on feed, which should have been delivered by Union Pacific Railroad from Midwestern corn producers. Foster Farms needed at least nine trainloads of…
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August 25, 2022

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Bus drivers, flight attendants say they’re feeling less safe

Reported by Colin Staub for NW Labor Press. “If it moves, we represent the people who build, operate and maintain it.” That’s how AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department President Greg Regan describes his member unions. Transportation Trades Department is a national coalition of 37 unions that represent workers across all modes of transportation, including pilots, flight…
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August 22, 2022

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Rail union leaders warn: Corporate greed will delay your holiday gifts, again

Reported by Mark Gruenberg for People’s World. Crunch. And a shortage of everything. That’s the warning rail union leaders are sending to consumers as the nation approaches the holiday season. Expect, they said, a repeat of last year’s fiasco, where gifts were delayed for weeks or months as cargo ships backed up outside the Port…
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August 22, 2022

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President Emergency Board Releases Railway Industry Recommendations

America’s Work Force Union Podcast. AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department President Greg Regan joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and provided an update on the impasse reached by major railroads and their unions that had been turned over for moderation by President Biden’s Presidential Emergency Board. The board released its recommendations, which the unions are…
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August 17, 2022

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Railroads should raise pay 24%, White House labor board proposes

Reported by Sarah Zimmerman for Supply Chain Dive. A labor dispute board appointed by the Biden administration proposed railroads raise wages by 24% over the course of a five-year contract, a major step toward resolving a negotiation stalemate that carriers say has made it harder to retain workers and address service declines. The Presidential Emergency…
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August 15, 2022

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‘Current State of Freight Rail Is Not Great’: STB Chair

Reported by Kari Hamanaka for Sourcing Journal. Surface Transportation Board (STB) chair Marty Oberman didn’t sound optimistic Friday about the state of rail , but vowed the STB is doing what it can to right mounting railroad congestion issues. “We’re using every tool that we have available at the board to oversee this and to…
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August 15, 2022

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Los Angeles, Long Beach Ports Hail Supply Chain Progress

Reported by Donna Littlejohn for Los Angeles Daily News, reposted in Transport Topics. In January, a record 109 ships awaited entry into the combined ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, often stretching to south Orange County. It marked a peak in the supply chain congestion that has bedeviled the nation’s two busiest ports during…
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August 15, 2022

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STB chairman ‘not optimistic’ about pace of rail service improvement

Reported by Joanna Marsh for Freightwaves. Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman expressed doubt that the four major U.S. Class I railroads could ramp up rail service and reach the service targets they laid out by December. In response to deteriorating service metrics, the STB in June required Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP), BNSF (NYSE: BRK.B),…
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August 12, 2022

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National Freight Rail Worker Strike A Possibility

Reported on Newsy YouTube. TTD President Greg Regan joined Newsy’s Morning Rush to discuss the latest on the national labor fight between freight railroad workers and their employers. August 12, 2022
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August 11, 2022

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Freight Rail Unions and Carriers Running Out of Time to Avoid Strike That Could Cripple National Supply Chain

Reported by William Padmore for Nebraska Public Media. Freight rail workers are threatening to strike pending ongoing contract negotiations with the carriers they work for. If a strike does happen, roughly 116,000 workers will bring freight rail in the country to a halt, bringing difficulties to an already suffering supply chain. Railroads are a critical…
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