{"id":74181,"date":"2023-06-27T16:02:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=74181"},"modified":"2023-06-28T09:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T13:59:42","slug":"strike-vote-to-commence-on-white-pass-yukon-rr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/strike-vote-to-commence-on-white-pass-yukon-rr\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike vote to commence on White Pass &#038; Yukon RR","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SMART Transportation Division-represented members from Local 1626 (Anchorage, Alaska) on the White Pass and Yukon Route will begin electronic voting tonight on whether to authorize a strike against the carrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Negotiations with the tourist railroad have been open since the expiration of the last labor contract in late 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorsestar.com\/News\/white-pass-employees-to-begin-strike-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In an interview with the Whitehorse Daily Star<\/a>, SMART-TD General Chairperson Jason Guiler (GCA-WPY) said that the carrier is seeking to increase the burden of health care costs onto workers as well as reducing the number of operating crew members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told the newspaper that ticket prices have increased by $27 per ticket since 2017 to an average of $152 per ticket and the carrier is expected to transport some 600,000 passengers this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As set forth by <a href=\"https:\/\/railroads.dot.gov\/sites\/fra.dot.gov\/files\/fra_net\/1647\/Railway%20Labor%20Act%20Overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Railway Labor Act<\/a>, if a strike is authorized by members after the three-day voting period, a National Mediation Board mediator will then determine whether to release workers from mediation. If mediation is concluded and a strike authorized, a proffer of arbitration would then happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If arbitration is rejected by either the union or carrier, it would begin a 30-day cooling-off period before a strike could occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White Pass and Yukon operates as a Class III narrow line from Skagway, Alaska, to Carcross in the Yukon Territory and is the largest employer in Skagway.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMART Transportation Division-represented members from Local 1626 (Anchorage, Alaska) on the White Pass and Yukon Route will begin electronic voting tonight on whether to authorize a strike against the carrier. Negotiations with the tourist railroad have been open since the expiration of the last labor contract in late 2017. 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