New IDPAP policy

IDPAP Individual Development and Personal Accountability Policy for Operating Craft Employees Effective Date: 7/8/17 Purpose CSXT values all contract employees as members of the CSXT team, realizes that their professional development and well-being is a critical element in CSXT’s continued success, and strives to treat them with respect and fairness in accordance with labor agreements….

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Updated Furlough Questions.

Furlough question and answers. Furlough paperwork: This paperwork comes from the carrier NOT THE UNION. If you have been furloughed and do not have a copy of the paperwork you have to get it from the carrier. Here is a link for the local Railroad retirement office where you will take that paperwork to start…

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CSX extends director nomination deadline.

  CSX Corp (CSX.O) has extended the director nomination deadline for its board of directors, giving the U.S. railroad company more time to reach an agreement with an activist investor and industry veteran Hunter Harrison. CSX said the deadline would be extended to Feb. 24 from Friday, in a sign that the two sides remain…

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Crude-by-rail business poised for growth

  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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NATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: Dec. 2016

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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Grievance filed for non-payment.

Notice: to all machinist who have worked between 2014 til now. Please supply your last pay stub for 2014, 2015 and 2016 to Mike Denney by Dec. 12, 2016.  A grievance was filed by the IAMAW on behalf of the machinist working at the Huntington Locomotive Shop regarding the fact of incorrect payment on overtime…

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