In a display of renewed solidarity, delegates from the Teamsters Rail Conference unanimously passed two rail industry-specific resolutions this month at the 31st International Brotherhood of Teamsters Convention.

The agenda for the third and final day of the 2026 Sixth Quadrennial BMWED National Division Convention featured detailed reports on the Brotherhood’s recent work on hot-button issues like the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger and the battle around automated track inspection.

The delegation of the 6th Quadrennial National Division Convention today re-elected BMWED-IBT President Tony D. Carwell, Secretary-Treasurer Dale E. Bogart Jr. and four National Division vice presidents to new four-year terms at the helm of our great Brotherhood.

Delegates from more than 350 lodges across the Brotherhood’s 12 system federations gathered today in Chicago to begin the important work of the 6th Quadrennial National Division Convention of the BMWED-IBT.

The House Appropriations Committee met Tuesday, June 9, to markup the FY27 Labor, Health, and Human Services Bill. This bill provides funding for two key agencies that affect railroad workers, the National Mediation Board (NMB) and the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB).

CSX has submitted notification to the FRA that it intends to implement the Automated Track Inspection waiver beginning July 1, suspending normal visual track inspection frequencies prescribed under 49 CFR 213.233(c) and replacing a portion of those inspections with ATI technologies.

During the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup of the BUILD America 250 Act, U.S. Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) introduced an amendment (Amendment 294) that includes language from her Secure Tracks Act protecting visual track inspection frequencies by codifying the twice per week visual track inspection requirement while also requiring railroads to use Track Geometry Measurement Systems (TGMS) as a supplement, not a replacement to human visual inspections. Representative

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BMWED-IBT proudly stands united with our fellow rail labor unions in support of these workers as they fight for the fair contract they have earned and deserve.

A new coalition, launched today, unites a broad cross section of the U.S. economy in opposing the proposed merger of Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern rail lines. If allowed to move forward, the deal would create the largest consolidated railroad in U.S. history and give a single entity control over almost half of the nation’s rail traffic.

The most terrible days of our profession are the ones when a railroader reports to work and doesn’t return home. It is an acute pain and deep sorrow that never eases.

BMWED has worked closely over the last month to advocate in Congress for increased funding for the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) so that it can better serve BMWED members and other rail workers. This advocacy effort includes working with a bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate to prepare a letters separately urging House and Senate appropriators to support the RRB’s budget request for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 funding.

Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway have begun deploying Automated Track Inspection (ATI) systems while reducing human inspections under federal waiver.

The Teamsters Rail Conference, comprised of BLET and BMWED, is supporting the No Tax on Overtime For All Workers Act (S. 4310). This legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate this week by Sens. Jim Justice (R-WV) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA). The bipartisan bill would provide Rail Conference members and all rail workers with the same overtime tax relief that most other workers received through the “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed in July 2025.

On April 7, leaders of the Teamsters Rail Conference met in New York City with Wall Street analysts and investors who study the Class I railroad industry to discuss potential ramifications of the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger and the Teamsters Rail Conference’s opposition to the merger.