Norfolk Southern reaches five-year collective bargaining agreement with BRS

Norfolk Southern (NSC) announced that it has reached a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen. With this agreement, Norfolk Southern has reached ratified agreements with 12 of its 13 unions, and a tentative agreement is pending ratification by the final remaining union. This agreement covers nearly 970 dedicated and highly skilled BRS team members across the company’s network, providing them with significant improvements to their pay, health care and vacation benefits. The agreement provides for an 18.8% compounded wage increase over the next five years. It also offers railroaders more paid vacation earlier in their career and makes impactful enhancements to an already robust suite of health and welfare benefits. Finally, the agreement offers several local work-rule enhancements, providing improved travel-expense reimbursement and more flexible scheduling for signal construction.