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FRA Emergency Order Requiring Face Mask Use in Railroad Operations |
To help prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) issued Emergency Order (EO) No. 32 to require compliance with the mask requirements of the Order of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Emergency Order No.
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RRB Plans Improved Access to Toll-Free Service |
The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has developed two changes to the agency’s nationwide toll-free telephone system that should improve customers’ access to agency staff and services. The changes will take effect on February 15.
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Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Company (METRA) |
After serving notice under Section 6 of the Railway Labor Act in February 2019, the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Company (METRA) and members of Local 183 reached a seven-year Agreement, which was officially ratified on February 24, 2021.
The contract contains a lump sum signing bonus of $3,400, compounded annual wage increases totaling 15.
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Bombardier Signal Employees Join BRS |
After a successful organizing campaign that started in the late summer of 2020, Signal Workers at the Bombardier Transportation Company voted unanimously to be represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen on February 4, 2021. Bombardier operates and maintains the River Line light-rail system between Camden and Trenton, New Jersey.
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FAMES Alert |
January 31, 2021: At approximately 2:00 pm, a 60-year-old male track laborer with 41 years of service was marking ties when a tamper unexpectedly travelled forward and fatally struck the laborer. The tamper operator, with 28 years of service, stated he had to drop the tamping heads to stop the machine.
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Coordinated Bargaining Coalition |
January 22, 2021 — The Rail Unions comprising the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC), negotiating together in the current round of National Negotiations, have issued the following statement:
The CBC and the nation’s Rail Carriers first met concerning the November 1, 2019, Section 6 Notices in January 2020.
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Trumka: Marty Walsh Will Be an Exceptional Labor Secretary |
Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh for secretary of labor:
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will be an exceptional labor secretary for the same reason he was an outstanding mayor: he carried the tools.
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