WASHINGTON – Greg Regan, President of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s Executive Order establishing a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB), which will delay any freight rail work stoppage or strike for 60 days upon taking… Read More »RAIL LABOR WELCOMES BIDEN’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF EMERGENCY BOARD
The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition attended the Public Interest Hearings hosted by the members of the National Mediation Board on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 and we thank the… Read More »The United Rail Unions issue the following statement July 15, 2022
In accordance with the provisions of Section 10, after the creation of such Board and for thirty (30) days after the Board has submitted its report to the President, no change, except by agreement of the parties, shall be made by the Carrier or the… Read More »Notice of Presidential Emergency Board No. 250
Disputes exist between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and their employees represented by certain labor organizations. The railroads and labor organizations involved in these disputes are designated on the attached list, which is made part… Read More »Executive Order on Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
Dear Chairman Oberman, Vice-Chairman Primus, Board Member Fuchs, Board Member Schultz, and Board Member Hedlund: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) notice regarding its information collection request. TTD consists of 37… Read More »TTD President Greg Regan, on behalf rail labor and its 105,000 rail workers, sent the following letter to the Surface Transportation Board
Washington, D.C. – The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce that Ms. Linda A. Puchala has been named Chairman of the National Mediation Board, effective July 1, 2022. Mr. Gerald W. Fauth III and Ms. Deirdre Hamilton remain as Members of the Board.… Read More »Puchala Assumes NMB Chairmanship
The united Rail Unions issued the following statement on June 15, 2022: Following the conclusion of our third week of compulsory mediation conducted by the National Mediation Board (NMB), the Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood… Read More »The united Rail Unions issue statement June 15, 2022
The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition concluded their third week of compulsory joint National Mediation Board-mediated negotiations with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) yesterday. Select here to read… Read More »The united Rail Unions issue the following statement June 9, 2022
The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition concluded their second week of compulsory joint National Mediation Board-mediated negotiations with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) yesterday.These joint mediated negotiations, under… Read More »United Rail Unions issue the following statement
CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 20, 2022) — The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) Rail Labor Unions* are preparing for in-person mediation sessions before the National Mediation Board (NMB) in Washington D.C., May 24-26. The Unions hope this will help to settle their ongoing national contract dispute. After… Read More »Coordinated Bargaining Coalition welcomes face-to-face mediation over national contract negotiations