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

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

Posted on November 21, 2022   |  

  • 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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