Transportation Communications Union/IAM

IBEW Members Ratify Freight Rail Agreement (UPDATED)

The National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC), which represents most U.S. Class I freight railroads in national collective bargaining, announced on Sept. 28 that the membership of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) has ratified the tentative labor agreement.

NCCC: First Two Freight Rail Agreements Ratified

More than three weeks after Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) No. 250 issued its recommendations on the stalled contract negotiations between 12 rail labor unions and the carriers, tentative agreements between the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) and two of the unions have now been ratified by the unions’ membership, NCCC reported Sept. 14.

IAM Rail Division Reaches Tentative Agreement With NCCC

Two weeks after Presidential Emergency Board 250 issued its recommendations on the stalled contract negotiations between 12 rail labor unions and the carriers, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Rail Division has reached a tentative agreement with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC), which represents most U.S. Class I freight railroads in national collective bargaining.