An arbitration board has determined that Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) can use Mexican nationals employed by the railroad to work a nine-mile stretch between the Mexican border and a rail yard in Laredo, Texas.
In a majority vote, the Special Board of Adjustment ruled that Kansas City Southern (KCS) didn’t violate the collective bargaining agreement between KCS and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) when the railroad chose to use Mexican nationals employed by KCS...
The multibillion-dollar infrastructure bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week, but whether it can make it through the Republican-controlled Senate to President Donald Trump’s desk is less clear.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Moving Forward Act on a largely party-line vote of 233-188 last Wednesday, and the bill now is in the U.S. Senate.
The act includes an infrastructure component that authorizes the federal government to spend nearly $500 billion over five years...
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Researchers at federal agencies are working with the railroad unions to understand how railroaders best receive information on safety practices.
Since May (and running through July), the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology (RD&T) and the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center have been conducting a needs assessment survey to learn about what tools and technology railroaders use to gather, share and communicate information on occupational...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/federal-agencies-rail-unions-team-up-on-safety-research
A number of the railroad-related items listed in the 846-page, $500 billion infrastructure bill introduced by House Democrats this week could face some hot debate as it goes through Congress, judging by the reactions of rail trade groups and rail labor.
The bill, entitled Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America), is a five-year, $494 billion surface reauthorization bill unveiled on June 3 by the U.S. House and Transportation &...
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