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» Hours of Service Q&A now available |
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Nov 20, 2008 - 4:06 PM - by Zeb
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CLEVELAND, November 20 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen is making available a list of Frequently Asked Questions regarding changes to the Hours of Service Act that are going into effect following passage of the 2008 Rail Safety Bill.
The document is available for download as a PDF from the BLET website at:
http://www.ble-t.org/pr/pdf/HOSFAQ.pdf
The FAQs concerning the new Hours of Service provisions represent the understanding and interpretation of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen only. They are... [Read More]
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» Railroad Retirement announces benefit increases for 2009 |
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Nov 07, 2008 - 1:08 PM - by Zeb
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CHICAGO — Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, are scheduled to increase in January 2009 on the basis of the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during the 12 months preceding October 2008.
Cost-of-living increases are calculated in both the tier I and tier II benefits included in a railroad retirement annuity. Tier I benefits, like social security benefits, will increase by 5.8 percent, which is the percentage of the CPI rise. Tier II benefits will increase by 1.9 percent, which is 32.5 percent of the CPI rise. The vested dual benefit payments and supplemental annuities also paid by the... [Read More]
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» Four major railroads agree on PTC standards |
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Oct 13, 2008 - 1:01 PM - by Zeb
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By Progressive Railroading
With the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (H.R. 2095/S. 1889) just a presidential signature away from becoming law, four Class Is already are taking action to comply with the legislation's positive train control (PTC) mandates, Progressive Railroading magazine reports. The four reached an agreement on PTC interoperability standards while two of them announced plans to begin implementing the technology in... [Read More]
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