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BLET, SMART-TD announce launch of Information and Communications Technology survey
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 20 — The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe), in partnership with the BLET and SMART-TD, is launching a survey in mid-May to learn more about Information and Communications Technology (ICT), which relates to the technology and tools that railroaders use to share, gather and communicate…
Read MoreAFL-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…
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