National Negotiations Tentative Agreement

Please see attached documents regarding the National Negotiations. Please remember when looking at the proposed increases: CSX paid $300 million to a guy who has one foot in the grave and the other on a roller skate, to turn around a company that had record profits for the previous 3 years.  2017 Ratification Contract Summary…

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2016 IAM Website & Newsletter Contest.

    2016 IAM Website & Newsletter Contest Recently our Local Lodge 104 received some awards for outstanding performance in Labor Journalism and we would like to share this with everyone. The team has worked extremely hard to bring you content that is relevant to the issues we face as a Railroad Labor Union on…

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National Tentative Agreement Update

  October 5, 2017   SUBJECT: Tentative Agreement reached by the CBG       Dear Sisters and Brothers: A tentative National Agreement has been reached by the six Rail Unions who comprise the Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG). Details are set forth in their Press Release attached. These six Unions are now in the process…

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History of Labor Day

Labor Day tends to be a pretty low-key US holiday, workers across the country typically receive a Monday off to enjoy the unofficial end of summer and shop the sales. However, the history behind the day is far more dramatic and charged than this modern day observance suggests. US President Grover Cleveland signed the holiday into…

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Will CSX withstand CEO, Harrison?

The NCCC has been negotiating with 13 unions in three coalitions, over a contract that expired January 1, 2015, covering 145,000 railroad workers across wide variety of crafts. In each proposal, there is zero or minimal wage increases from 2015-2017, and 2 percent wage increases for future years. The cost of monthly health care would…

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Transfers

Gentlemen, if you are going to transfer here is the form you will need and the e-mail address to send it to. Mechanical Shop Craft Transfer Form 7 13 2016 The CSX e-mail address : payroll@csx.com For the guys who have transferred from other locations that where closed down, your home point may now be…

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