Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Well the fight to get Contract
Well, the fight to get a contract for the class1 railroad workers is a year old. The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen national contract expired Jan 1, 2005. That contract here . Unlike some other unions, these workers have a lot of hoops to jump thru before they can withhold their services. Section 6 Notice was served on the NCCC in Jan 2005 and several unions form Coalition.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, for the first time in two decades, seven major railroad unions have joined together in the creation of the "Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition" to coordinate upcoming contract negotiations with the rail carriers. The seven unions of the coalition represent nearly 85,000 rail workers from American railroad corporations. The Coalition will develop a coordinated contract negotiating strategy and each individual union will not sign off on any tentative agreements with the rail carriers until all the coalition members concur.
This is not working very well as it is a year later and I have found no news of progress, just posturing and stalling.
WASHINGTON, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Carriers' Conference Committee (NCCC) today announced that it had voluntarily withdrawn its applications for mediation with seven unions that comprise the Teamsters-led rail labor coalition, opening the way for negotiations to resume next week.
The NCCC, the bargaining agent for the nation's freight railroads, had filed the applications with the National Mediation Board in March after the seven unions belonging to the Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition (RLBC) refused to bargain pending agreement on various procedural issues.
And while the different sides in the issue bounce the ball hither and yon. The good men and women in this industry just keep on working without a contract, or should I say, under an expired agreement.
Mediation with Teamsters coalition has failed, say railroads Dec 16, 2005 link
The National Carriers Conference Committee has informed the National Mediation Board that “there is no reasonable expectation that further mediation will produce a voluntary agreement” with the seven member union coalition led by the Teamsters’ union. The NCCC asked the NMB to release the railroads from mediation so they can proceed to the next level–a Presidential Emergency Board
So now the federal government gets involved in private industry again.
National Negotiations Update: For Immediate Release
December 15, 2005 Story here
Rail Carriers Cut-off Negotiations
(Washington, DC) Yesterday, the National Carriers' Conference Committee (NCCC), representing the Class One carriers, refused to set new dates for bargaining with the Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition (RLBC). The RLBC represents seven rail labor unions (ATDA, NCFO-SEIU, IBB, SMWIA, BRS and the BLET and BMWED, divisions of the Teamsters Rail Conference) whose contracts cover nearly 85,000 rail workers or 65 percent of the carriers' employees. The NCCC represents the Class One carriers (Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Norfolk Southern, CSX, etc.) that transport most the rail freight in the country.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, for the first time in two decades, seven major railroad unions have joined together in the creation of the "Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition" to coordinate upcoming contract negotiations with the rail carriers. The seven unions of the coalition represent nearly 85,000 rail workers from American railroad corporations. The Coalition will develop a coordinated contract negotiating strategy and each individual union will not sign off on any tentative agreements with the rail carriers until all the coalition members concur.
This is not working very well as it is a year later and I have found no news of progress, just posturing and stalling.
WASHINGTON, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Carriers' Conference Committee (NCCC) today announced that it had voluntarily withdrawn its applications for mediation with seven unions that comprise the Teamsters-led rail labor coalition, opening the way for negotiations to resume next week.
The NCCC, the bargaining agent for the nation's freight railroads, had filed the applications with the National Mediation Board in March after the seven unions belonging to the Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition (RLBC) refused to bargain pending agreement on various procedural issues.
And while the different sides in the issue bounce the ball hither and yon. The good men and women in this industry just keep on working without a contract, or should I say, under an expired agreement.
Mediation with Teamsters coalition has failed, say railroads Dec 16, 2005 link
The National Carriers Conference Committee has informed the National Mediation Board that “there is no reasonable expectation that further mediation will produce a voluntary agreement” with the seven member union coalition led by the Teamsters’ union. The NCCC asked the NMB to release the railroads from mediation so they can proceed to the next level–a Presidential Emergency Board
So now the federal government gets involved in private industry again.
National Negotiations Update: For Immediate Release
December 15, 2005 Story here
Rail Carriers Cut-off Negotiations
(Washington, DC) Yesterday, the National Carriers' Conference Committee (NCCC), representing the Class One carriers, refused to set new dates for bargaining with the Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition (RLBC). The RLBC represents seven rail labor unions (ATDA, NCFO-SEIU, IBB, SMWIA, BRS and the BLET and BMWED, divisions of the Teamsters Rail Conference) whose contracts cover nearly 85,000 rail workers or 65 percent of the carriers' employees. The NCCC represents the Class One carriers (Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Norfolk Southern, CSX, etc.) that transport most the rail freight in the country.
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1/6/2006 Labor
NMB orders carriers' committee back to the bargaining table, BLET says
The National Mediation Board (NMB) has rejected the National Carriers' Conference Committee's (NCCC) request to be released from mediation and ordered the committee to resume bargaining with the Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition (RLBC), according to coalition member the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen division of the Teamsters Rail Conference. RLBC's seven members represent more than 85,000 rail workers.
Last month, the NCCC - which bargains for 32 U.S. railroads, including all the Class Is - sought to be released from mediation because committee officials believed the parties weren't making any progress toward a national agreement.
The NMB ordered the parties to meet with a federal mediator on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 in Washington, D.C. Other mediation sessions will be held Feb. 7-10 and Feb. 16-17 at a yet-to-be-determined Florida location.
"We've been ... meeting with the carriers since January 2005 - we've made some progress and we intend to keep at it until we reach an agreement on a national contract," said George Francisco, RLBC coordinator and president of coalition member the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, in a prepared statement.
RLBC members also include the Teamsters conference's Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, as well as the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, Sheet Metal Workers International Association, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and American Train Dispatchers of America.
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NMB orders carriers' committee back to the bargaining table, BLET says
The National Mediation Board (NMB) has rejected the National Carriers' Conference Committee's (NCCC) request to be released from mediation and ordered the committee to resume bargaining with the Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition (RLBC), according to coalition member the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen division of the Teamsters Rail Conference. RLBC's seven members represent more than 85,000 rail workers.
Last month, the NCCC - which bargains for 32 U.S. railroads, including all the Class Is - sought to be released from mediation because committee officials believed the parties weren't making any progress toward a national agreement.
The NMB ordered the parties to meet with a federal mediator on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 in Washington, D.C. Other mediation sessions will be held Feb. 7-10 and Feb. 16-17 at a yet-to-be-determined Florida location.
"We've been ... meeting with the carriers since January 2005 - we've made some progress and we intend to keep at it until we reach an agreement on a national contract," said George Francisco, RLBC coordinator and president of coalition member the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, in a prepared statement.
RLBC members also include the Teamsters conference's Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, as well as the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, Sheet Metal Workers International Association, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and American Train Dispatchers of America.
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