The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED), representing 53% of the unionized workforce at Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS), on Dec. 17 announced their opposition to the $85 billion plan to merge the two Class I railroads. On Dec. 22, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) also reported opposing the UP-NS combination.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the July 18, 2025, Norfolk Southern (NS) derailment with subsequent collision and hazardous materials release near Browns, Ill.
Four witnesses on June 24 discussed how technologies “have the potential to revolutionize the freight and passenger rail transportation” before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
The National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) and members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED-IBT) have voted to ratify a national collective bargaining agreement reached in January that covers approximately 8,000 railroad employees at NCCC-represented carriers, “solidifying the momentum of the current bargaining round and reinforcing the industry’s commitment to providing competitive pay and benefits.”
Iowa Northern (IANR) railroaders have signed on with the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union reported Jan. 13.
CSX employees represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have voted to ratify a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Class I
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED) is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2025-26 academic year. Also, the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) has added
Norfolk Southern and members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) have voted to ratify a new agreement in advance of the start of the next collective bargaining round.
Two days after CSX announced that it reached tentative agreements on new five-year collective bargaining agreements with the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC) and General Committee of Adjustment GO-049 of the International
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has reached a tentative agreement with Amtrak. Meanwhile, members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED-IBT) on Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) Soo-Milw. Line have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement.
