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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." Click the following link for more on the story and video from the hearing: |
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