April 01, 2016
CSX Transportation Inc. and Amtrak asked a Massachusetts federal judge Thursday to declare them exempt from the state's new paid sick time law, arguing the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act expressly bars states from foisting their own statutory sickness benefits requirements on railroads.
March 18, 2016
Labor unions representing railroad workers sought to intervene in CSX Transportation Inc. and Amtrak's lawsuit challenging Massachusetts' new paid sick time law, telling a federal court Friday that the unions need to jump into the fight to protect their members' interests.
July 01, 2015
CSX Transportation Inc., Amtrak and other rail carriers sued Massachusetts on Wednesday over the state's new paid sick time law, arguing that it shouldn't apply to them because of pre-existing legislation and union contracts.