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Coordinated Bargaining Group
Condemns Interference in its
Ratification Process

(The following is a joint press release from the Coordinated Bargaining Group)

The six Rail Unions comprising the Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG) announced that they had reached a Tentative National Agreement with the Nation’s Freight Rail Carriers.

Rail Unions making up the Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG) announced today that they have reached a Tentative National Agreement with the Nation’s Freight Rail Carriers.

U.S. Rail Safety Week Starts

Operation Lifesaver puts focus on saving lives as U.S. Rail Safety Week starts Federal officials, family members, safety advocates, railroads stress caution near tracks Saving lives by alerting people to the dangers of being inattentive at highway-rail grade crossings and along train tracks is the focus of a new campaign by national rail safety education nonprofit Operation Lifesaver, Inc.

Operation Lifesaver Inc. Offers Preview of U.S. Rail Safety Week Events As the first U.S. Rail Safety Week (RSW), September 24-30 approaches, Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) President and CEO Bonnie Murphy previewed the event’s planned activities, key sponsors and information on how potential participants can learn more.

How Today’s Unions
Help Working People

Working people in unions use their power in numbers to secure a fairer share of the income they create. On average, a worker covered by a union contract earns 13.2 percent more in wages than a peer with similar education, occupation, and experience in a nonunionized workplace in the same sector. But importantly, collective bargaining also raise wages for nonunion workers — as an economic sector becomes more unionized, nonunion employers pay more to retain qualified workers, and norms of higher pay and better conditions become standard.

FAMES — Fourth Quarter Safety Alert

A comparison of available roadway worker fatality data over a span of 27 years (1986–1994 and 1997–2014) indicates that the highest number of roadway worker incidents occur in the 4th Quarter. Roadway worker fatality data reviewed by FAMES for the 9-year period 1986–1994 (pre-RWP rule) indicates 43 fatal roadway worker incidents. Of these 43 fatal incidents, 34.

Freedom to Join Unions

Across the country, Americans are working longer hours for less money and fewer benefits, despite being more productive than ever.

No matter how hard we work, many are finding it more and more difficult to get by and provide for their families; all the while, a handful of CEOs and those who are already rich have seen their salaries and wealth skyrocket.

If you are a union member who participates in certain Union Plus programs and have been affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, you may be eligible for financial assistance through the Union Plus Disaster Relief Grant program.

A new state law in Missouri lowered the St. Louis minimum wage from $10 per hour to $7.70, taking cash out of the pockets of hardworking Missourians. Kansas City voted last month to raise its minimum wage, but the new state law nullifies that victory for working people before it can even take effect. Work should lift us up, not hold us down in poverty.

Members can find online disaster and coping resources at Liveandworkwell.com This is a free, convenient online resource available to you and your family because of your benefit package. Please visit and view the Important Communications Alert on your member home page for local resources and help after a storm or flooding. Register/Login or enter with your Access Code.

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CLICK HERE — Tentative Agreement & Synopsis (Requires login, you must be a registered user)
CLICK HERE FOR MEETING SCHEDULE	UPCOMING LOCAL & REGIONAL BRS TENTATIVE NATIONAL AGREEMENT MEETINGS Informational meetings about the Tentative National Agreement It is critical that you attend to learn about the Agreementand ask any questions you may have in relation to the Agreement. PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN The schedule will be updated as more meetings are added (UPDATES POSTED 4 P.M. EST)
CBG CONDEMNS INTERFERENCE IN ITS RATIFICATION PROCESS