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Proposed Mediation Agreement Between the NCCC and ATDA
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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
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MEMBERS APPOINTED TO PEB NO. 250
Washington, D.C. – On July 15, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. established Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) No. 250, effective July 18, 2022, to investigate collective bargaining disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees represented by certain labor organizations. President… Read More »MEMBERS APPOINTED TO PEB NO. 250
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RAIL LABOR WELCOMES BIDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF EMERGENCY BOARD
WASHINGTON – Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s Executive Order establishing a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB), which will delay any freight rail work stoppage or strike for 60 days upon taking effect Monday, July 18th. TTD is the nation’s largest transportation… Read More »RAIL LABOR WELCOMES BIDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF EMERGENCY BOARD
Rail News
- TTD President Greg Regan Testifies On Impact of Federal Investment in Transportation and WorkersGood morning. Thank you, Chairman DeFazio and Ranking Member Graves for inviting me to testify before the committee today. It is truly an honor to be asked to testify at Chairman DeFazio’s final full committee hearing. The Chairman has a proud and historic legacy of fighting for sound transportation policy, new investments in a modern transportation system and infrastructure that… Read more »
- Support the Bipartisan Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act
On behalf of workers across the airline industry, we are writing to encourage you to support the bipartisan Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act (H.R. 7321) when it comes up for a vote on the House floor. This legislation removes incentives for airlines to offshore maintenance jobs by closing safety loopholes which allow US-aircraft to be repaired on lower safety… Read more » - TTD Calls for Worker-Centered Innovation Policy at DOTThe Honorable Pete Buttigieg Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Dear Secretary Buttigieg: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am writing to express deep concern about the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) approach toward the deployment of poorly regulated and potentially disruptive new technologies […] The post TTD Calls… Read more »
- Next up for US unions: Major contracts for 700,000 workersReported by Chris Isidore for CNN. The 11th hour deal that prevented a crippling strike at the nation's freight railroads is the biggest win for US unions in years. The agreement, reached in the early hours Thursday, kept more than 50,000 engineers and conductors on the job, and won members the changes in work rules sought by their leadership. They… Read more »
- Opinion: Distinguished pol of the week: He helped fend off a crippling strikeOpinion by Jennifer Rubin for The Washington Post. As a former labor lawyer, I can attest that when heading into the final hours of a labor negotiation, after months if not years of haggling, both parties can be frustrated, tired and angry. The intervention of a third-party mediator can therefore be critical to avoid a work stoppage. In the case… Read more »
- ‘Could have gone either way’: Railroad union deal barely survivedReported by Ben White and Eleanor Mueller for Politico. President Joe Biden narrowly avoided an economic and political debacle on Thursday as senior administration officials helped salvage a tentative, last-minute deal to avert a devastating railroad strike. And it almost didn’t happen. Steering clear of disaster required some 20 straight hours of talks beginning Wednesday that taxed Labor Department coffee… Read more »
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