CSXT Labor Agreement 16-002-17_0001 Here is the signed copy of the new agreement. I was recently asked if the company was/would back out of this agreement, hopefully this takes care of that rumor.
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The CSX rail company, hard hit by a sharp decline in coal transport, said it currently moves about 70,000 barrels of crude oil per day, mostly between the Bakken region and terminals in New York and Pennsylvania. “It makes up a small part of our business, about 1 percent, but we do think there’s…
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Well, here is what Mike Perry and John Lacy were able to get done. We will be voting on the revised agreement on Tuesday, Jan. 24,2017 from 6:00 am to 4:00 pm. Wayne, Dale I have sent John Lacey a copy of a couple of changes to the Tentative Agreement. The changes are that…
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Our first meeting for the new year will have in attendance, District 19’s Acting President John Lacy. I know a lot of you have many concerns and questions regarding the future of negotiations and now would be a good time to get your answers straight from the “horses mouth” rather than second hand. So please…
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This is a condensed version from the BLET union, please see full article here: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen A call to arms: Join me in our National Contract fight By Dennis R. Pierce, BLET National President (BLET Editor’s Note: The following message from BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce has been excerpted from…
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National negotiations between the freight railroads in national negotiations and the IAM Coalition remain stalled, hostage to the carriers’ unremitting demands for major concessionary changes to the healthcare plan. Negotiations began in January of 2015. IAM invoked mediation in October 2015. The parties have met regularly since then under the auspices of the National Mediation…
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