The Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Division/TCU (BRC) and Transportation Communications Union (TCU) have voted to ratify their respective tentative five-year agreements with Norfolk Southern Railway, the Class I announced yesterday. The ratified agreements cover nearly 10% of NS’ union workforce and will provide a 3.5% average wage increase per year over the next five years. BNSF Railway Co. has also reached tentative, five-year agreements with the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers–Transportation Division (SMART-TD), including the union’s Yardmasters (SMART-TD-YDM). BNSF and labour groups have reached eight tentative agreements in less than one month’s time, representing more than 15,000 employees and more than 46% of BNSF’s union workforce,
