Soo Line Railroad, BMWED reach tentative agreement
(The National Mediation Board issued the following on March 19, 2009.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce that a tentative collective bargaining agreement was reached on March 18, 2009, between the Soo Line Railroad and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way (BMWED), a division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), representing the craft and class of Maintenance of Way Employees.
Mediation was guided by NMB Mediator Terri Brown.
The agreement is subject union-membership ratification. Specific information regarding the contract or its provisions should be obtained directly from the parties.
