WASHINGTON -- A. Kenneth Gradia is the rail industry's new chief labor negotiator and will immediately succeed Robert F. Allen in the job as chairman of the National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC).
The carriers announced the appointment Dec. 18, saying Allen, on the job 15 years, would remain as a senior adviser until his official retirement in July when his contract is said to expire.
Gradia, 58, vice chairman of NRLC since 2002, first joined the NRLC in 1984 as labor counsel and served in that position until becoming director of labor relations in 1994. Previously, Gradia was an attorney with the Federal Railroad Administration. He earned his law degree at Georgetown University.
Through its National Carriers' Conference Committee (NCCC), the NRLC represents most major railroads (BNSF, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific) in national (multi-employer) collective bargaining with the 13 major rail unions, including the UTU.
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