Category: Transportation
TD GO-386 gets arbitration win over attempted BNSF pool consolidation, other work-rule changes
An arbitrator’s recent decision in a Public Law Board case brought by the SMART Transportation Division against BNSF resulted in a victory over the carrier. In September 2017, BNSF unilaterally altered the working conditions for SMART-TD members in GO-386, who serve in and ar [...]
“We won’t back down!”
SMART-TD, BLET protest outside of BNSF shareholder meeting in Omaha While Berkshire Hathaway shareholders sat April 30 in comfort and national cable-news networks live-streamed and deified wealth hoarder Warren Buffett and his executive cronies at the company’s annual meeting [...]
SMART Transportation Division issues statement on Amtrak board nominees
CLEVELAND, Ohio —Upon the announcement by President Joe Biden of his nomination of five candidates to serve upon the Amtrak Board of Directors, SMART Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson, in conjunction with the TD National Legislative Department, issued the foll [...]
RRB resumes in-person appointments
Effective April 25, 2022, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is offering in-person appointments at its nationwide network of 53 field offices. Individuals can schedule appointments by calling the agency’s toll-free telephone number, (877) 772-5772, and speaking to a rep [...]
CBC unions reject lump-sum offers, seek proffer of arbitration
The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition released the following statement on April 25, 2022: On January 24, 2022, after more than two years of bargaining with the major U.S. Class I railroads, the 10 Rail Unions bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) ann [...]
Q&A with TD Chief of Staff Jerry Gibson on training
The Transportation Division chief of staff discusses the shift in the union's educational and meeting strategy going forward.
FRA admin: Train length a factor in considering crew-size rule
Federal Railroad Administrator Amit Bose last week addressed a shippers’ conference and said that part of his agency’s rationale in approaching a minimum crew size rulemaking will be taking into consideration the carriers’ use of longer trains, Trains Magazine reported April [...]
Calendar for national contract mediation sessions
The negotiating team is scheduled to engage in mediation for the latest national railroad contract on the following days: March 31, 2022 April 6, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 20, 2022 May 4, 2022 May 5, 2022 We were released from mediation by the NMB on June 15. A proffer of arb [...]