…is similar to H. Con. Res. 92 and companion to S. Con. Res. 37 and 38, which Senators Joni Ernst and Chris Coons introduced in May. This amendment would waive…
…(as opposed to completing training courses).” Additional Data Collection Further, the STB should require the Class I’s to also include in this monthly report: 1. The number of employees working…
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…
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…
…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 production. In a June 29…
…mindful of essential commodities and our country’s best public interest. Earlier this week, the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO pressed congressional senators to redefine the common carrier obligation, a…
…Vice-Chair Robert Primus comments 9:17:42-9:17:53, Accessed June 27th 2022 at STB Hearing on Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service- April 26 and 27 – YouTube [3]https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/beset-by-congestion-bnsf-to-limit-carload-traffic-bound-for-california/ [4] Union Pacific Railroad…
…(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 his request in a June…
…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 — comprised of 37 unions,…
…element of the ‘common carrier’ obligation and 2) provide the STB with more effective mechanisms to enforce this obligation.” The 21 senators, representing both Democrats and Republicans, signed a May…