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Government, Business, Technology, Safety

Union Pacific to Drop Push for One-Person Crews

Union Pacific railcars

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific has become the second major freight railroad in the past week to back away from the industry’s long-standing push to cut train crews down to one person.

Josh Funk | Associated Press
March 27, 2023
Government, Business, Safety, TCA

Long Train Delays at Crossings Gets Supreme Court Attention

A BNSF train in Noble, Okla.

The U.S. Supreme Court has invited the federal government to weigh in on whether state and local governments can regulate how long trains can block railroad crossings.

Mike Hendricks | The Kansas City Star
March 20, 2023
Business, Equipment

Trinity Industries Adds RSI Logistics to Railway Portfolio

Trinity Industries image

Trinity Industries has acquired RSI Logistics for $70 million, the company announced March 9.

March 10, 2023
Government, Business, Safety

Ohio Derailment Prompts Congressional Panels’ Review of Freight Rail

Train derail Ohio

Transportation committees on Capitol Hill are planning in-depth examinations of the circumstances surrounding the derailment this month of a freight train in Ohio.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
February 23, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Railroad Unions Call for Sick Leave Executive Order

A Union Pacific Railroad train crosses the Mississippi River

Railroad workers are continuing their demand for paid sick days. The Sheet Metal, Air, Rail Transportation Union, or SMART, held an informational picket near the rail yard on Rice’s Point on the afternoon of Dec. 13.

Jimmy Lovrien | Duluth News Tribune, Minn.
December 14, 2022
Government, Business

Transportation Industry Applauds Action to End Freight Rail Dispute

CSX train

Transportation stakeholders are applauding the action by Congress to avert a nationwide freight rail strike, just weeks before Christmas.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
December 1, 2022
Government, Business, Breaking News

Senate Passes Measure to Avoid Rail Strike

President Biden signs the railroad law

Moving quickly to help avert a rail workers strike that would have cost the national economy an estimated $2 billion per day, the U.S. Senate on Dec. 1 advanced a tentative labor agreement between railroads and their employees.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
December 1, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics

House Passes Rail Deal, Senate to Schedule Vote

Freight train cars sit in a Norfolk Southern rail yard

To avert a railroad strike projected to cost the economy $2 billion daily, the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 30 passed a bill outlining a labor agreement between rail carriers and workers.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
November 30, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics

December Strike Possible as Rail Union Rejects Labor Deal

railroad

The possibility of a nationwide freight rail strike beginning as early as Dec. 9 moved one step closer when the union SMART-TD, one of the largest in contract talks with the six Class I freight carriers, turned down a tentative agreement negotiated in mid-September by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and other officials.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
November 21, 2022
Business, Logistics

Third Railroad Workers Union Turns Down Pact

Railcars hauling freight

The possibility of a nationwide freight railroad strike is increasing after another union turned down a tentative agreement that was negotiated in mid-September among the major Class I carriers, a management council and the Biden administration.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
November 16, 2022

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