Voting on new Agreement.

The IAM Local Lodge 104 will hold its voting session on Nov. 30th from 6:00 am to 4:00pm. Absentee Ballots – If you are on Vac. or out on LTI and can not make it to the hall to vote, contact Tim Moore at 606-922-7615  

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Railroad Retirement Board Appeals Procedures

Persons claiming retirement, disability, survivor, unemployment or sickness benefits from the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) have the right to appeal unfavorable determinations on their claims. The RRB released a questions and answers that describes the appeals process for persons whose claims under the Railroad Retirement Act or Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act are denied, or who…

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Cheaper coal could drive growth

In fact, volumes in CSX’s coal segment were down by 21% on a year-over-year basis, which led to a massive drop in revenue from this segment. More specifically, CSX’s coal revenue, which accounted for 17% of its overall revenue last quarter, fell 20% year-over-year to $467 million last quarter. This is a trend that we…

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Looking up Overtime at Home.

I hope this helps some of you. Remember, you are not doing anything personal against the individual that is taking the overtime, you are saying the company is not calling the overtime correctly. We need to overwhelm them with time claims if we hope to get any thing done about the way overtime is being…

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CSX’s updated vacation and holiday benefits.

Something that may be useful for negotiations coming soon.    CSX has updated its vacation, holiday and parental leave benefits for management employees with more vacation days, more holiday flexibility, a new option to purchase additional vacation time and more time off for new parents. “These exciting upgrades are part of our efforts to enhance…

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The New Amendment of Overtime on the National Agreement for CSX

I personally believe we should question this amendment in every aspect due to the fact that the National Contract is a voted on piece of legislation and raises concerns that only one person can/ did allow changes to be made to the contract.    From: Mike Perry <mike.perry@districtlodge19.com> Date: May 31, 2016 at 9:13:30 AM…

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