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All 13 Unions Have Finalized Accords with Freight Railroads, Successfully Concluding Current Bargaining Round

Members of the American Train Dispatchers Association; the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen; the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes; the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen; the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers; the Sheet Metal Workers International Association; the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, AFL-CIO; the Transportation Communications International Union; the Brotherhood Railroad Carmen; the United Transportation Union (UTU); and the Yardmasters Department of UTU, which together represent all unionized freight rail workers, have approved a new national agreement with the nation’s major freight railroads.