NS, BNSF Reach Early Contracts with Unions
Norfolk Southern and BNSF late Friday said they had, in partnership, reached tentative, five-year collective bargaining agreements with a number of their unions.
The railroad pacts come four months before the opening of the next bargaining round and cover approximately 30% of the unionized NS workforce and 15% of BNSF workers.
The early deals are yet another sign of labors’ growing bargaining strength as railroads and other employers struggle to fill out their workforces following the Covid pandemic.
Unions reaching agreement with NS are the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Division/TCU...
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