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On October 5, the Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG) announced they had reached a Tentative National Agreement (TA) with the nations’ freight railroads. On October 7, that information was posted on this website and circulated via Flash News. The TA is now being circulated to the members of the six CBG unions approximately 85,000 rail workers.
Read moreA tentative National Agreement has been reached by the six Rail Unions who comprise the Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG). These six Unions are now in the process of submitting the Tentative Agreement to the specific ratification process of each Union. This is a major development in a long and contentious bargaining round with the industry.
Read moreNational Negotiations Update from the Coordinated Bargaining Group as presented by the BLE&T on their website. Click here. The BLE&T article is public information and will give TCU members a good overview of where we stand in National Negotiations. TCU is not part of this coalition and this proposal has not been officially proposed to
Read moreBNSF and the other large U.S. railroads began the latest bargaining round with three labor union coalitions (representing about 145,000 railroad employees) in early 2015. Now in the third year of labor negotiations, the parties have been in mediation since at least the beginning of this year. Click here to read the full release from
Read moreIn a release from BNSF to its employees; these are the topics facing national negotiations from the view of the Carrier: The nation’s freight railroads are in national bargaining with three coalitions comprised of 13 1abor unions representing 145,000 employees; the industry is currently in federal mediation with all three labor coalitions. This article is
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