Update on Arbitration Hearing 9-19-2018

NATIONAL NEGOTIATION ARBITRATION BETWEEN NCCC AND IAMAW Wednesday, September 19, 2018   Presided over by: Arbitrator – Charlotte Gold, IAMAW Acting PDGC – Mike Perry, NCCC Representative – Ken Gradia. Representing the IAMAW District Lodge 19: Carmen Percelli of the Law Firm Guerrieri, Bartos and Roma, PC.   Carmen Percelli began with an opening statement…

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National Agreement Bargaining Survey

            Gentlemen, Please find the link below to a survey that will be used to evaluate our position in national bargaining, just click on the link and it will open. Please fill it out and click the submit button on the last page. I am including a PDF copy that…

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Latest National Agreement Proposal

Gentlemen,   Please find attached a copy of the latest proposal that the carrier’s gave to our coalition. This is not something that we intend to put out for ratification. It is just to show you where we’re at in negotiations at this point. I see there is a long way to go. Further updates…

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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

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 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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