Contract negotiation US House passes resolution to prevent rail strike December 1, 2022 Would impose the contract terms on unions that have rejected the tentative US rail contract agreement
Contract negotiation US rail workers showing unhappiness with working conditions September 22, 2022 Handfuls of workers gathered outside railyards across the country in pickets organized by a newly formed workers group separate from the 12 unions that negotiated the deals last week with the major U.S. freight railroads
Contract negotiation US rail unions say railroads manipulating shippers September 12, 2022 Two largest rail unions in the U.S. said freight railroads' delaying shipments ahead of this week's strike deadline is an attempt to get shippers to increase the pressure on Congress to block a work stoppage by imposing a contract
Contract negotiation Three US rail unions reach deal August 30, 2022 Tentative deal will deliver 24 percent pay raises, in line with presidential arbitrators' recommendations
Contract negotiation US rail proposal includes 24 percent raises August 17, 2022 The special board appointed by President Joe Biden to intervene in stalled railroad contract talks suggested Tuesday that 115,000 rail workers should get 24 percent raises and thousands of dollars in bonuses as part of a new agreement to avert a strike
Contract negotiation Biden expected to name board to hold off rail strike July 15, 2022 The deadline for President Joe Biden to intervene and keep 115,000 railroad workers from going on strike and disrupting deliveries of cars, crops, containers of imported goods and countless other products and raw materials is looming
Contract negotiation Biden likely to appoint review board in railroad talks June 16, 2022 Railroad contract talks remain deadlocked after more than two years of negotiations, so President Joe Biden will likely soon have to appoint a board to help settle the dispute
Mergers & Acquisitions CSX wins approval to buy Pan Am April 18, 2022 Pan Am Railways will expand CSX's network in New England
Cost control U.S. rail industry defends safety record amid staffing cuts May 18, 2021 More than 22 percent of the jobs at railroads Union Pacific, CSX and Norfolk Southern have been eliminated since 2017
Legal Judge says railroad talks should be part of price-fixing lawsuits February 23, 2021 Shippers say railroads conspired to boost prices starting in 2003 by imposing co-ordinated fuel surcharges