International Brotherhood of Boilermakers rejects labor agreement, after BMWED extends deal deadline

The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB) denied the labor agreement that was worked out between the railroads and the leadership of 12 different rail worker's unions.
The IBB represents 300 employees, who work on repairing locomotives.
The IBB joins the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way–Employees Division (BMWED) and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) in rejecting the labor deal, sending all 3 unions back to the bargaining table.
Up to this time, the Brotherhood of Maintenance Way–Employee Division (BMWED) will not go on strike after November 19th and instead moved the end of its cooling-off time from November 19 to December 4,
BMWED members will need to maintain the status quo at their respective sites and will be aligned with the 3 other unions that have yet to ratify the labor agreements.
The status quo period is the “cooling-off period,” in which neither the unions nor the railroads engage in any work stoppage or self-help measures.

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