Sixteen collective bargaining agreements have been ratified and two tentative agreements have been reached at Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) in the United States. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) surpasses its locomotive “Fly Rate” goal in 2025.
Members of the International Association of Sheet, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ Mechanical and Engineering Department (SMART-MD) have ratified an agreement with Union Pacific (UP). The American Arbitration Association finalized the vote
The National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) on Jan. 14 announced that members of the International Association of Sheet, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ Mechanical and Engineering Department (SMART-MD) have voted to ratify a national collective bargaining agreement.
The National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) recently reached tentative national collective bargaining agreements with the Transportation Communications Union (TCU), Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC), and International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail
You’ve heard the saying, “Politics Make Strange Bedfellows.” It’s a line from The Tempest, written by Shakespeare in the 17th Century. It means that politics can bring people together that don’t have anything else
BNSF recently announced that members of the American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA) and the International Sheet Metal, Air and Transportation Railroad, Mechanical and Engineering Department (SMART-MD) voted to ratify a new agreement
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).
Four months before the next collective bargaining round, BNSF and Norfolk Southern (NS) on Aug. 23 separately reported reaching tentative five-year agreements with the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Division/TCU (BRC); International Association
CN has reached new collective agreements with Unifor, its largest union, covering approximately 3,000 Canadian employees. Also, the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Transportation Division B&O (SMART-TD B&O) has ratified a
CSX announced April 7 that it has reached an agreement with the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Mechanical Department (SMART-MD) to provide paid sick leave benefits.
