Rail Chiefs Announce Formation Of Coordinated Bargaining Coalition

[ABFwife]

CLEVELAND and WASHINGTON, D.C., November 1 — Top leaders of 10 rail unions announced today that their organizations will be participating in coordinated bargaining in the round of national negotiations that began on November 1, 2019. The unions comprising the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition are:

• American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA)

• Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen / Teamsters Rail Conference (BLET)

• Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)

• International Association of Machinists (IAM)

• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB)

• National Conference of Firemen & Oilers/SEIU (NCFO)

• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

• Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)

• Transportation Communications Union / IAM (TCU)

• Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART–TD)

https://teamster.org/news/2019/11/ra...ning-coalition