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Jerry Boles Elected President
Michael Baldwin Elected Secretary-Treasurer

FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA, January 15, 2019 — Per the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Constitution, the General Chairmen and Grand Executive Council gathered today and elected Jerry C. Boles as President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the previous President.

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Every day the government stays closed, hundreds of thousands of dedicated public employees—many of whom are union members—go without pay, forcing them to make preventable sacrifices to stay afloat.

“On behalf of our member unions, I want to congratulate the newest members of the Railroad Retirement Board confirmed by the Senate last night – Chairman Erhard R. Chorle, Management Member Thomas Jayne, and Labor Member John Bragg.

Brother Vincent J. Spooner, Jr., 53, of Lincoln, Rhode Island, died on Monday, December 17, 2018, from injuries he sustained after his work vehicle was involved in a head-on collison. He was a 23-year employee of the Providence and Worcester Railroad and a member of BRS Local 62. Brother Spooner was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, husband, father, and son.

Effective January 1, 2019, the standard mileage rate set by the Internal Revenue Service will be 58 cents per mile. The new rate compares to a rate of 54.5 cents per mile in 2018.

The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) announces that current President, F.E. Mason, will retire effective January 1, 2019. Per BRS governing documents, current BRS Secretary-Treasurer, Jerry Boles, will assume the duties of the office of President until the organization elects a new President to fill the unexpired term.

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Amtrak Service Workers Council Calls Out Amtrak President Richard Anderson for Privatizing Our National Rail Network WHEN: Monday, December 17 at 11 a.m.

President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key position in his Administration: Johnathan Bragg of Virginia, to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board as Employee Representative, for the remainder of a five-year term expiring August 28, 2019, and an additional five-year term expiring August 28, 2024. Mr.

This is an opinion piece from Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO. Trumka appeared on Yahoo's Finance All Markets Summit on November 13.

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Check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. On this week's show: Mark Dudzic remembers Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union activist Karen Silkwood, who died on November 13, 1974. And we look into the origins of Haymarket Martyr’s Day on November 11.