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Maintenance of way workers ratify agreements with three short lines

By Trains Staff | December 10, 2024

BMWED members to see 18.77% wage increase

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BMWEDlogoNOVI, Mich. — Members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the Teamsters Rail Conference have ratified agreements at three railroads, the union announced.

Union members at the Colorado & Wyoming Railway unanimously voted in favor of the agreement, while those at the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis and Norfolk & Portsmouth Beltine Railroad also ratified new contracts. All the agreements include an 18.77% raise over the life of the contract, along with health and welfare benefit improvements.

A total of 51 workers are covered by the three agreements.

 

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