Following an article published in FreightWaves, the Airforwarders Association says that it is engaging with cargo handlers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and arranging a neutral meeting with city officials to avoid any freight handling disruption that could adversely impact…
READ MORE >The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to approve a bill to block a potentially crippling railroad strike and to mandate paid sick time for rail workers (source: Reuters).
READ MORE >The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote Wednesday to block a potential rail strike after President Joe Biden warned of the dire economic consequences of a rail disruption that could happen as early as Dec. 9 (source: Reuters).
READ MORE >In addition to rules about their schedules, 115,000 US railroad employees, represented by 12 unions across more than 30 railroads, are also upset about working short-handed during the pandemic with wages frozen at 2019 levels. Railroaders also resented management's attempts…
READ MORE >The freight railroads and BMWED have extended their current cooling off period until at least December 4 to align with all other rail unions yet to ratify their tentative agreements. As a result of this agreement, members of the two…
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READ MORE >While rail shippers are greatly relieved that last week’s potential strike was averted after two of the biggest rail unions reached a tentative agreement with U.S. freight railroads for a new contract, shippers are still wary about whether ratification of the…
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