Florida Gulf & Atlantic MOW workers vote to join BMWED

Nine maintenance-of-way workers at Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad voted 8-to-1 to join the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division–International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

The workers will be assigned to the Allied Federation, according to a BMWED press release. They maintain and repair track from Baldwin through Tallahassee into Pensacola along the Florida panhandle.

Preparation to issue Section 6 notices under the Railway Labor Act are expected to begin within the next two weeks, union officials said.