Eight of the 12 labor unions plus a portion of SMART-TD’s membership have now fully agreed to contracts. While railroads remain committed to reaching agreements with the remaining four unions, the timeline for those to occur is short.

While the exact terms vary from one railroad to another, all railroads have policies designed to balance employees’ need to take time off with the need to maintain safe, ongoing operations.

From the people that power the network to the technologies that transform it, discover how freight railroads are continually developing better ways to link our customers to the U.S. economy at large, keeping them competitive both at home and on the global stage.