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Six of the seven unions representing workers at the nation's major railroads have ratified a contract that raises pay by 17% over the next five years and caps health care contributions.
The only union that rejected it was the American Train Dispatchers Association.
The contract runs through December 31st, 2009, and includes retroactive pay. It ends more than two years of often bickering negotiations, and also ends - at least for now - attempts by the railroads to reduce train crews to just one person.
The deal was reached last month by the unions' bargaining coalition and the National Carriers Conference Committee, which represents the country's largest railroads including the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
Union Pacific spokesman James Barnes said the company views the contract as a significant step forward for the railroad and the 40% of its workforce covered by the agreement.
Ratifying the contract were the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division, Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, National Conference of Firemen and Oilers/SEIU, and the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association. They did not ratify the agreement.
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