The group representing the Class I railroads in contract negotiations with U.S. rail unions is proposing advance payments, but one union rebuffed the offer, calling the amount inadequate.
The National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) is offering advance payments to members of the rail unions currently participating in the negotiations.
The advance payments would address impacts that rail employees have encountered from the COVID-19 pandemic. They are being offered because the contract...
Dismissals at P&O Ferries: ETF and its affiliates stand together for fair working conditions and equal treatment
ETF deplores P&O Ferries’ proposal to make 1,100 redundancies amongst key workers in Dover, Hull, Liverpool, Cairnryan and Larne including over 900 UK seafarers. We understand that P&O Ferries has received an undisclosed figure from the UK taxpayer to keep maritime freight routes running and over £10 million public funding to pay 80 per cent of the wages of 1,400 furloughed staff...