The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) and 13 rail labor unions announced today that they have entered an agreement that ensures federal labor laws will be applicable to the operations of the nation’s first high-speed rail project. The 13 rail labor unions include:
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED)
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Mechanical and Engineering Department (SMART-MD)
National Conference of Firemen and Oilers 32BJ/SEIU (NCFO)
Transportation Communications Union (TCU)
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC)
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB)
Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)
American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA)
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Transportation Department (SMART-TD)
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
https://hsr.ca.gov/2023/11/17/news-release-california-high-speed-rail-partners-with-labor-on-operating-nations-first-high-speed-rail-project/