Archive for May 2020
AFL-CIO: U.S. Senate should not confirm Diana Furchtgott-Roth to hold senior position at the Department of Transportation
(Source: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department press release, May 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry I. Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement opposing the nomination of Diana Furchtgott-Roth to Assistant Secretary of Transportation: “Now, more than ever, frontline transportation workers deserve voices at the Department of Transportation who will work with…
Read MoreUP blames COVID-19 for latest round of layoffs at Bailey Yard
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, May 19, 2020) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Union Pacific Railroad Tuesday laid off an unspecified number of workers in Bailey Yard’s mechanical department. Raquel Espinoza, U.P.’s senior director for corporate communications and media relations, confirmed the first job reductions related to the COVID-19 outbreak at the North Platte classification yard,…
Read MoreTeamsters Local 200 secures arbitration victory to immediately rescind unilateral program
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 18, 2020) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Teamsters Local 200 announced today that the union prevailed in an arbitration with Roundy’s Supermarkets. In the opinion, issued on May 14, the arbitrator found that the company, owned and operated by The Kroger Co., violated the collective bargaining agreement by unilaterally implementing…
Read MoreSome CEOs are keeping massive bonuses, even after cutting thousands of jobs
(Source: Fortune, May 18, 2020) NEW YORK — So far, top executives of many major U.S. corporations—including some at the very epicenter of the crisis—have mostly held on to their outsize pay packages after giving up some of their salaries. And even as rank-and-file jobs vanish, some still have a distant shot at collecting bonuses…
Read MoreFRA publishes railroads’ first quarter 2020 PTC implementation status update
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, May 15, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a quarterly status update on railroads’ self-reported progress, as of March 31, 2020, toward fully implementing positive train control (PTC) systems by December 31, 2020, as required by Congress. Based on railroads’ First…
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