Members defeat BNSF proposal to cut train crew size

September 11, 2014

BNSF_Color_LogoA tentative agreement to reduce train crew size on one of the nation’s largest rail carriers has failed, according to the labor union whose members voted on it this week.

The pact would have eliminated on-board conductors on 60 percent of BNSF Railway, which spans the western two-thirds of the country.

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