International Brotherhood of Boilermakers

(CSX Photograph)

CSX Signalman, Boilermakers Ratify Five-Year Deals

CSX on April 30 reported securing the ratification of new five-year collective bargaining agreements with the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Forgers & Helpers (IBB).

NCCC, IBB Ratify National Agreement

The National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) on April 25 announced that members of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB) have voted to ratify a national collective bargaining agreement, marking the eighth national agreement ratified in the 2025 bargaining round.

(Image Courtesy of BNSF)

BNSF Secures Agreement With IBB

International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB) members have voted to ratify a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with BNSF, the union and Class I railroad reported Nov. 19.

CSX Expands Labor Agreements With IBB, TCU

CSX announced Aug. 30 that it has secured new five-year tentative collective bargaining agreements with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers (IBB) and the Transportation Communications

(Norfolk Southern Photograph, Left; BNSF Photograph, Right)

NS Extends Tentative Agreements to Nine Unions, BNSF to Six

A week after Norfolk Southern (NS) and BNSF separately reported reaching tentative, five-year collective bargaining agreements with four unions, the Class I’s announced forging similar agreements with more: NS with another five unions (for a total of nine) and BNSF with another two (for a total of six).

BMWED, IBB, SMART-MD Reach Tentative Agreements With NCCC

More than three weeks after Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) No. 250 issued its recommendations on the stalled contract negotiations between 12 rail labor unions and the carriers, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB); and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Mechanical Department (SMART-MD) have reached tentative agreements with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC), which represents most major railroads (and many smaller ones) in national collective bargaining.