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ARBITRATION DIR. SHANAHAN TESTIFIES TO U.S. HOUSE RAIL COMMITTEE CITING
BMWED CONCERNS 03/04/2020
BMWED Director of Arbitration Robert J. Shanahan Jr. went to Capitol
Hill yesterday to testify on the state of the nation's crumbling
railroad infrastructure and the rail carriers' propensity to contract
out much-needed track maintenance and construction work away from
Brotherhood members.

Invited as an expert witness by chairman, U.S. Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D
IL-03), Brother Shanahan's testimony at the House Subcommittee of
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials' "Funding a Robust
Freight and Passenger Rail Network" hearing highlighted issues our
Union has been battling for some time. Citing his experience both as a
laborer with Metra Railroad in Chicago and as the director of the
Brotherhood's arbitration office, Brother Shanahan spoke to the urgent
need to repair our country's railroad tracks and bridges and emphasized
the importance that BMWED members perform the vital work.

"There is no question that BMWED members are the most qualified and
highly-trained to perform this work," Brother Shanahan told the
committee. "My experience in the field at Metra shows the urgent need
for greater infrastructure funding for passenger railroads but any
infrastructure package needs to have protections to ensure that the
work is performed by Union members who have been properly trained on
FRA safety rules."

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