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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… Read More »ATDA REACHES TENTATIVE NATIONAL AGREEMENT

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… Read More »ATDA Members Overwhelmingly Vote To Strike

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… Read More »United Rail Unions Release Statement Upon Convening PEB 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… Read More »MEMBERS APPOINTED TO PEB NO. 250

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… Read More »RAIL LABOR WELCOMES BIDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF EMERGENCY BOARD

The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition attended the Public Interest Hearings hosted by the members of the National Mediation Board on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 and we thank the… Read More »The United Rail Unions issue the following statement July 15, 2022

In accordance with the provisions of Section 10, after the creation of such Board and for thirty (30) days after the Board has submitted its report to the President, no change, except by agreement of the parties, shall be made by the Carrier or the… Read More »Notice of Presidential Emergency Board No. 250

Disputes exist between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and their employees represented by certain labor organizations.  The railroads and labor organizations involved in these disputes are designated on the attached list, which is made part… Read More »Executive Order on Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

Dear Chairman Oberman, Vice-Chairman Primus, Board Member Fuchs, Board Member Schultz, and Board Member Hedlund: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) notice regarding its information collection request. TTD consists of 37… Read More »TTD President Greg Regan, on behalf rail labor and its 105,000 rail workers, sent the following letter to the Surface Transportation Board