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February 04, 2023

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2023 Standard Mileage Rate

The 2023 standard mileage rate set by the Internal Revenue Service will be 65.5 cents per mile, effective January 1, 2023. Please use this rate when calculating mileage reimbursement on expense reports for 2023.

History has long been portrayed as a series of "great men" taking great action to shape the world we live in. In recent decades, however, social historians have focused more on looking at history "from the bottom up," studying the vital role that working people played in our heritage. Working people built, and continue to build, the United States.

Happy Holidays

As we close out 2022 and begin looking forward to 2023, it is our hope that you and your families can spend time together celebrating this holiday season.

TTD: "Its Time for a Reckoning"

The Transportation Trades Department (TTD) at the AFL-CIO released a statement on Friday with a call to action and a warning to the Class I freight railroads. There will be solidarity rallies around the Country on December 13, 2022. to coincide with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) hearings.

We thank Chairman Defazio, Chairman Payne Jr., and Congresswoman Titus for drafting legislation to hold the Railroads accountable and provide paid sick leave to Signalmen. Your leadership helped push our message through the House of Representatives with 221 supporters. Although the efforts were stalled in the Senate, we appreciate your push and stand with the working man.

Yesterday was a day of both victory and defeat on the floor of the Senate as we addressed the looming crisis in the rail industry. The good news is that we took on the incredible greed of the railroad corporations and managed to get every Democrat (except Joe Manchin) and six Republicans to vote to secure paid sick leave for rail workers.

Senate Enforces Tentative Agreement

December 1, 2022 — Today, the United States Senate passed House Joint Resolution 100 which would enforce the tentative agreement from September 15, 2022. The Bill will now go to the desk of the President of the United States for signature.

BRS Message to the U.S. Senate

BRS’s Response Regarding the Senate Proposal to Extend Negotiations

November 30, 2022 – The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) strongly opposes the proposal of the United States Senate extending our National Negotiations.

TTD Statement on Rail Votes in Congress

The rail industry’s unchecked corporate greed and bad faith bargaining efforts forced this contract fight to run the full course of the Railway Labor Act, landing at the doorstep of the Biden Administration and the U.S. Congress.

While the unions didn’t get everything their members wanted through the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) process and subsequent negotiations, they secured some major wins for workers. Today, Congress has an opportunity to grant sick leave to rail workers, thus rectifying a major omission by the PEB.

BRS Response to Biden Administration

BRS’s Response Regarding the Statement from President Joe Biden on Averting a Rail Shutdown

November 29, 2022 — The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) has negotiated using reason, evidence, and logic to demonstrate our members’ importance to the industry as the custodians of public safety and rail traffic’s efficiency.

Accepting Resumés for Grand Lodge Representative

"Union activism is a fundamental quality"

The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Grand Executive Council is accepting resumés for the purpose of appointing a Grand Lodge Representative.

Title: Grand Lodge Representative.
Location: Grand Lodge Headquarters in Front Royal, Virginia.
Duties: The BRS President will assign duties and duties may vary.
Qualifications: Only active BRS members are eligible for appointment to this position.

• Computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office suite is a plus.
• Union activism is a fundamental quality.
• The successful candidate will be detail oriented and have strong writing, communications, and organizational skills.

Currently, the role of this position is primarily involved in the preparation of submissions for grievance resolution and other labor/employee related functions.

Interested candidates should email their resumé to msb@brs.org or mail it to the address below:

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN
ATTN: President's Office
917 Shenandoah Shores Road, Front Royal, Virginia 22630