NORFOLK SOUTHERN PROMISES A SAFETY UPGRADE THAT CRITICS SAY FALLS SHORT OF WHAT’S NEEDED AFTER A FIERY TRAIN DERAILMENT IN OHIO
Norfolk Southern announced plans on Monday to improve the use of detectors placed along railroad tracks to spot overheating bearings and other problems in response to a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border a month ago. The announcement came the same day...
Locomotive Engineers Are Onboard For The Bipartisan Rail Safety Act of 2023
Locomotive Engineers Are Onboard For The Bipartisan Rail Safety Act of 2023 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 3 — A bipartisan bill introduced on March 1 by three Republican and three Democratic senators is designed to toughen safety standards on America’s railroads. “Right...
Railroads offer paid sick days, schedule changes to retain employees
Railroads offer paid sick days, schedule changes to retain employees When railroad employees get sick, they're usually faced with a tough choice: use one of their limited personal days, head into work anyway or, if neither of those is an option, risk their job by...
Durbin Shows Support For Rail Employee Benefits Improvements
Our nation relies on the railroad to keep our economy running, and we should be providing rail workers with the benefits to reflect that. In my conversation with @AAR_FreightRail CEO Ian Jeffries, I emphasized that the rail industry must improve employee benefits....
2023 Chicago Federation of Labor Chicago Endorsements
2023 CFL Chicago Endorsements FINAL Click title to open PDF
STB rejects UP’s request for confidentiality in embargo case
STB rejects UP's request for confidentiality in embargo case The Surface Transportation Board has rejected Union Pacific Railroad's request to keep certain commercial information confidential in a case involving the Class I's use of traffic-control embargoes. Last...
Some Montana Rail Link engineers question contract with BNSF Railway
Some Montana Rail Link engineers question contract with BNSF Railway WASHINGTON — Some Montana Rail Link engineers have raised concerns about a loss or reduction of a range of benefits if regulators approve the early termination of the regional’s lease with BNSF...
Illinois commission OKs grade crossing projects in four counties
Illinois commission OKs grade crossing projects in four counties The Illinois Commerce Commission recently approved agreements for grade crossing improvement projects in four counties. Some project expenses will be covered by the state's Grade Crossing Protection Fund...
PSR’s impact on rail safety ‘inconclusive,’ GAO says
PSR's impact on rail safety 'inconclusive,' GAO says Implementation of precision scheduled railroading (PSR) at the nation's largest freight railroads has resulted in longer trains and reductions in staff and assets, but the strategy's impact on rail safety is...
It’s been a banner year for workers coming together to form unions
More than 43,000 workers across the country organized their workplaces this year. And those tangible results are getting noticed—a record 71% of Americans now approve of labor unions, up from 64% before the pandemic. People are seeing firsthand how the power of a...