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Vice President Rory Broyles has lost his battle with ALS
It is with great sadness that we must inform our members and fellow colleagues in the rail industry that Vice President Rory Broyles has lost his battle with ALS and passed away yesterday evening. Rory was a fighter to the very end. It was in his nature to give it all he had, whether it… Read More »Vice President Rory Broyles has lost his battle with ALS
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ATDA MEMBERS RATIFY NATIONAL MEDIATION AGREEMENT
Tuesday October 4, 2022, The American Train Dispatchers Association’s members on Belt Railway of Chicago, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Conrail, CSXT, Indiana Harbor Belt, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, and Wisconsin Central have ratified the 2022 National Mediation Agreement, with 64% voting in favor. The members will immediately receive… Read More »ATDA MEMBERS RATIFY NATIONAL MEDIATION AGREEMENT
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Proposed Mediation Agreement Between the NCCC and ATDA
View the proposed Mediation Agreement
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ATDA REACHES TENTATIVE NATIONAL AGREEMENT
After almost three (3) years of long, contentious, and unproductive negotiations with the railroads, the ATDA reached a tentative National Agreement with the carriers based on the recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board 250. President McCann praised the patience of our members through this long fight to gain fair and reasonable wages without sacrificing our platinum… Read More »ATDA REACHES TENTATIVE NATIONAL AGREEMENT
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ATDA Members Overwhelmingly Vote To Strike
ATDA members covered under the National Agreement were issued ballots to vote for or against a strike if a settlement was not reached under the provisions defined in the Railway Labor Act. Over 99% of our voting members cast their ballot in favor of a strike. Read the entire press release here
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United Rail Unions Release Statement Upon Convening PEB 250
Today, July 24, 2022, the United Rail Unions, who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition, and the Carriers represented by the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) began their presentations before the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) appointed by President Biden. The hearings are scheduled… Read More »United Rail Unions Release Statement Upon Convening PEB 250
Rail News
- Biden signs legislation preventing rail strike, lockoutReported by Sarah Zimmerman for SupplyChainDive. President Joe Biden on Friday signed legislation imposing a labor agreement on rail workers, avoiding a national strike or lockout that was expected to cost the economy $2 billion a day. “A rail shutdown would have devastated our economy,” the president said at a bill signing event. “Without freight rail, many of the U.S.… Read more »
- Congress and Biden override rail worker collective bargaining rightsReported by Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik for People's World. Giving in to pressure from Democratic President Joe Biden and corporate rail bosses, the Senate overwhelmingly imposed a four-year contract on 115,000 unionized freight railroad workers—without the seven paid sick days they sought. The contract, which a Biden board crafted, came in legislation the president signed this morning. Biden, in… Read more »
- The Rail Impasse: Your Questions AnsweredReported by Harold Meyerson for The American Prospect. So, what’s at the root of the conflict at the railroads? In their very successful effort to raise their profits and payouts to investors, the seven major freight railroads have all but eliminated their competition, downsized their workforces to reduce the share of revenues going to wages, shifted to just-in-time (or sometimes… Read more »
- Congress votes to avert rail strike amid dire warningsReported by Josh Funk and Kevin Freking for AP News. Legislation to avert what could have been an economically ruinous freight rail strike won final approval in Congress on Thursday as lawmakers responded quickly to President Joe Biden’s call for federal intervention in a long-running labor dispute. The Senate passed a bill to bind rail companies and workers to a… Read more »
- Statement on Resolution to End Rail DisputeWASHINGTON – Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, president and secretary-treasurer of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, today issued this statement as President Biden signs H.J.Res.100 to prevent a national disruption to freight rail service and end the years-long dispute between rail corporations and workers: “We are disappointed anytime the vote to approve […] The post Statement on… Read more »
- Rail unions urge Senate not to extend strike deadlineReported by Karl Evers-Hillstrom for The Hill. One of the largest railroad unions on Thursday urged senators not to extend the Dec. 9 deadline for rail workers to strike and instead force through a contract that would guarantee paid sick leave for workers. The plea from the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) — whose members rejected a… Read more »
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