Union Pacific reaches labor agreements with 11 unions

Union Pacific Railroad has ratified agreements with 11 unions that cover 12 crafts and represent 46% of the  railroad's craft employees.

Additionally, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have approved interim agreements that provide 3% wage increases effective Sept. 1, as negotiations for long-term agreements continue, UP officials said yesterday in a press release.

The 12 ratified agreements with the 11 unions cover five year terms and include wage increases retroactive to July 1, additional vacation time, health and welfare benefits and work rule changes.

The 11 unions that ratified agreements are the:

• National Conference of Firemen & Oilers;
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers;
• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers;
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers;
• Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees;
• Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen;
• Transportation Communications Union and its Brotherhood of Railway Carmen division;
• International Union of Operating Engineers;
• International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers;
• International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ Mechanical and Engineering Department (SMART-MD); and
• American Railway and Airway Supervisors Association.