Cory Martin
Illinois State Legislative Board Chairman
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BNSF, BRC agree on sick-leave benefits
BNSF Railway Co. and the International Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC) have reached an agreement that covers individual paid sick days. The April 17 announcement is part of larger ongoing discussions about modernizing the work environment, according to a BNSF...
Musk Ruling A Lesson On Employer Statements About Unions
Musk Ruling A Lesson On Employer Statements About Unions A recent Fifth Circuit decision in Tesla v. National Labor Relations Board found that Elon Musk's 2018 tweets threatened employees at the company amid a unionizing campaign, reminding employers that...
Lawmakers returned to the Capitol Tuesday with most of the action happening at committee
Lawmakers returned to the Capitol Tuesday with most of the action happening at committee. That included the passage – by a 20-1 vote – of a bill that already passed in the Senate that would lift the moratorium on new nuclear power construction in Illinois. Today,...
NS completes soil excavation at derailment site; negotiates sick leave with BRS
NS completes soil excavation at derailment site; negotiates sick leave with BRS Norfolk Southern Railway late last week completed excavation of impacted soil beneath the removed south track and will complete the track restoration in the coming days at the site of...
Federal Railroad Administration calls for reevaluation of ‘train makeup’ amid derailment issues
Federal Railroad Administration calls for reevaluation of ‘train makeup’ amid derailment issues The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is calling for a reevaluation of “train makeup” on Thursday in the aftermath of a series of derailments. The FRA on Thursday...
Ohio’s new transportation budget includes train crew-size mandate
Ohio's new transportation budget includes train crew-size mandate Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed the state’s $13.5 billion transportation budget, which includes a mandate for two-person train crews and other rail safety measures. The train-crew requirement and...
East Palestine has put railroads under a cloud of suspicion: Analysis
East Palestine has put railroads under a cloud of suspicion: Analysis All the positive freight railroad safety statistics in the world — like more than 99.9% of hazardous materials shipments arriving without incident — can’t overcome that image of a towering column of...
Off the rails: A call for freight railroad reform
Between all seven Class I freight railroad companies, the U.S. saw over 1,000 derailments in 2022. Norfolk Southern (the company responsible for the derailment in East Palestine) had 119 by itself. Other railways had even more, like BNSF which derailed 279 times in...
Norfolk Southern T&E workers get time off for medical care
Norfolk Southern T&E workers get time off for medical care Norfolk Southern Railway announced details of a new benefit offering train and engine (T&E) employees additional time off for medical appointments. The change was negotiated under the most recent...
Precision railroading strategy buckles under US legislative onslaught
Precision railroading strategy buckles under US legislative onslaught Under mounting pressure from a string of derailments, US Class I railways are abandoning elements of their predominant operational strategy of recent years . Precision scheduled railroading (PSR) is...