Negotiation Schedule

Negotiations held since the beginning of the current round:

12/8/09 12:00 p.m. UTU Initial Meeting
1/13/10 10:00 a.m. RLBC Coalition Negotiations
1/19/10 10:00 a.m. Negotiations with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
2/10/10 9:00 a.m. UTU Negotiations
2/11/10 9:00 a.m. UTU Negotiations
2/23/10 9:30 a.m. RLBC Negotiations
3/15/10 1:00 p.m RLBC Negotiations
3/16/10 9:30 a.m. RLBC Negotiations
4/6/10 1:00 p.m. Negotiations with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
4/7/10 9:00 a.m. Negotiations with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
4/8/10 9:00 a.m. Negotiations with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
4/12/10 1:00 p.m. UTU Negotiations
4/13/10 UTU Negotiations
4/28/10 1:00 p.m. RLBC Negotiations
4/29/10 9:30 p.m. RLBC Negotiations
5/19/10 9:00 a.m. UTU Negotiations
5/20/10 9:00 a.m. UTU Negotiations
6/9/10 9:00 a.m. UTU Negotiations
6/10/10 9:00 a.m. UTU Negotiations
6/17/10 RLBC Negotiations
6/18/10 RLBC Negotiations
7/7/10 Negotiations with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
7/8/10 Negotiations with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
7/14/10 RLBC Negotiations
7/15/10 RLBC Negotiations

Negotiations scheduled in the future:

9/15/10 1:00 p.m. Mediation with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
9/16/10 9:00 a.m. Mediation with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
9/20/10 1:00 p.m. UTU Negotiations
9/21/10 9:00 a.m. UTU Negotiations
9/22/10 1:00 p.m. RLBC Negotiations
9/23/10 9:00 a.m. RLBC Negotiations
10/14/10 1:00 p.m. RLBC Negotiations
10/15/10 9:30 a.m. RLBC Negotiations
10/19/10 9:00 a.m. Mediation with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
11/1/10 1:00 p.m. Mediation with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
11/2/10 9:00 a.m. Mediation with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
11/3/10 1:00 p.m. RLBC Negotiations
11/4/10 9:30 a.m. RLBC Negotiations
12/7/10 9:00 a.m. Mediation with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU
12/8/10 9:00 a.m. Mediation with TCU, ATDA, IAM, IBEW, BRC & TWU

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Key Issues

Health Care Costs
Railroads and labor will need to work together to better manage and balance the increasing cost of health care; without any changes in the current plan, by 2014 railroads will pay a projected $2.4 billion to provide health care coverage – that’s a 65% increase from what they pay today.

Current Status

The current round of bargaining, involving 31 of the nation’s freight railroads, including almost all of the nation’s Class I railroads, and 13 major unions representing more than 122,000 rail employees, began on January 1, 2010.