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PORTMAN, KLOBUCHAR INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO END CUT TO RAILROAD
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
A bi-partisan U.S. Senate bill introduced Wednesday would eliminate the
sequester on Railroad Retirement Board's Unemployment insurance,
increasing pay for qualified, out-of-work railroaders.

U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) are
co-sponsors to Senate Bill 4860, which ends the sequester reduction to
RRB unemployment payouts. It is expected to increase unemployment
payments by almost 6 percent.

This bill is the direct result of the political action of our members.
The BMWED - along with all other Rail Labor Unions - have worked on
eliminating the unfair sequester restriction on our unemployment
payments since 2011. It has been a long and often difficult endeavor.
This is one example of why our Union remains active in politics.

We asked members this summer - in the midst of the pandemic - to call
their senators, especially our Ohio members, because we saw an
opportunity with Sen. Portman to gain some Republican support for the
bill. It worked. However, we need to see this bill across the finish
line...


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