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United Rail Unions statement on national bargaining, June 9, 2022
The united Rail Unions issued the following statement on June 9, 2022: The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition concluded their third week of compulsory joint National Mediation Board-mediated negotiations with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) yesterday. These joint…
Read MoreAAR: U.S. rail traffic down for 14th week in a row
(Source: Railway Age, June 1, 2022) NEW YORK — Total U.S. weekly rail traffic for the week ending May 28, 2022 (Week 21) was 514,277 carloads and intermodal units, a 3% fall-off compared with the same week last year. This is the 14th consecutive week that total traffic has declined. (Total traffic gains were last seen in Week 7,…
Read MoreQ&A: Buyouts and Railroad Retirement benefits
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, April 26, 2022) CHICAGO — Railroad employees frequently ask the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) how accepting a buyout from a railroad employer affects their future eligibility for benefits under the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts. The following questions and answers provide information on this subject. 1. Would leaving…
Read MoreQ&A: Buyouts and Railroad Retirement benefits
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, April 26, 2022) CHICAGO — Railroad employees frequently ask the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) how accepting a buyout from a railroad employer affects their future eligibility for benefits under the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts. The following questions and answers provide information on this subject. 1. Would leaving…
Read MoreLeDure v. Union Pacific: Locomotive Inspection Act case law stays intact and “in use” for now
(Source: JD Supra, April 29, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Interpretation of the phrase “in use” as used in the Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA) continues to baffle courts across the country, including the Supreme Court of the United States. On April 28, 2022, the Supreme Court let stand a Seventh Circuit decision that held Union Pacific…
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