NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Partners with Labor on Operating Nation's First High-Speed Rail Project

Kaum Ib Hlis 17, 2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lub Xeev California High-Speed Rail Authority (Tau Cai) thiab 13 lub koom haum ua haujlwm tsheb ciav hlau tau tshaj tawm hnub no tias lawv tau nkag mus rau qhov kev pom zoo uas ua kom cov nyiaj tau los nyuaj hauv tsoomfwv txoj cai lij choj yuav siv tau rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm lub tebchaws thawj qhov kev tsheb ciav hlau ceev. . 13 rail Labor unions suav nrog:

• Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)
• International Association of Sheet Hlau, Cua, Rail thiab Tsheb thauj neeg ua haujlwm-Mechanical thiab Engineering Department (SMART-MD)
• National Conference of Firemen thiab Oilers 32BJ/SEIU (NCFO)
• Transportation Communications Union (TCU)
• International Association of Machinists thiab Aerospace Workers (IAM)
• Brotherhood ntawm Railway Carmen (BRC)
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB)
• Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)
• American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA)
• International Association of Sheet Hlau, Cua, Rail thiab Tsheb thauj neeg ua haujlwm-Kev Thauj Mus Los (SMART-TD)
• Kwv tij ntawm Locomotive Engineers thiab Trainmen (BLET)
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

Daim ntawv cog lus no yuav suav txog kwv yees li 3,000 tus neeg ua haujlwm uas yuav ua haujlwm thiab tswj cov tsheb ciav hlau ceev, cov chaw, thiab chaw nres tsheb los ntawm Bay Area mus txog Central Valley thiab mus rau yav qab teb California. Kev khiav ntawm 171-mais Merced rau Bakersfield Tshooj ib leeg yuav tsim ze li 400 txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm, ib tus lej uas yuav loj hlob raws li qhov kev pabcuam nthuav dav dhau Central Valley.

"Txij li thaum pib kev tsim kho, Lub Xeev txoj haujlwm kev tsheb ciav hlau ceev tau tsim ntau txhiab tus neeg ua haujlwm tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo thoob plaws hauv California," said Governor Gavin Newsom. "Peb zoo siab los txuas ntxiv peb txoj kev koom tes nrog kev ua haujlwm los ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm lub teb chaws thawj qhov kev pabcuam hluav taws xob ceev ceev."

"Lub Tuam Txhab zoo siab los txuas ntxiv nws cov kev coj ua ntawm kev ua haujlwm nrog cov koomhaum ua haujlwm thiab peb zoo siab tau ua tiav daim ntawv cog lus tseem ceeb no uas ua kom peb muaj kev ua haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws rau peb cov neeg ua haujlwm tau txais kev cob qhia thiab tsim nyog," said Authority CEO Brian Kelly. "Qhov no yog qhov tseem ceeb los xyuas kom meej tias California txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau ceev ceev yuav ua haujlwm nrog kev pabcuam zoo tshaj plaws thiab zoo tshaj plaws rau peb cov neeg caij tsheb."

"Raws li lub teb chaws loj tshaj plaws lub koom haum thauj neeg ua haujlwm thauj neeg ua haujlwm, peb zoo siab los txhawb cov haujlwm tseem ceeb xws li California txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau ceev, uas yuav xa cov kev thauj mus los niaj hnub, muaj txiaj ntsig, thiab ntsuab thaum muab cov tswvcuab kws tshaj lij los ua haujlwm," Greg Regan hais. , Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Lag Luam Tsheb Thauj Khoom ntawm AFL-CIO.

"Qhov kev pom zoo keeb kwm no tau ua vim tias California High-Speed Rail Authority muaj lub zeem muag rau yav tom ntej, lub zeem muag uas yuav pab California kev lag luam, thiab muab cov haujlwm tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo, thiab raws li peb txhua tus paub, tsheb ciav hlau yog phooj ywg zoo tshaj plaws ntawm peb. ib puag ncig, "hais tias Dean Devita, Thawj Tswj Hwm, Lub Rooj Sab Laj Hauv Tebchaws ntawm Firemen & Oilers District of Local 32BJ/SEIU.

"BRS tau txhawb CAHSR txij thaum pib. High-speed rail yog lub neej yav tom ntej ntawm kev thauj mus los rau pej xeem, thiab peb tau cog lus los txhawb kev loj hlob thiab kev ua haujlwm hauv California. BRS txaus siab los pab txhawb kev thauj mus los kom ruaj khov thiab ib puag ncig zoo. Peb qhov kev txhawb nqa yuav txuas ntxiv mus rau txhua theem ntawm txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb no, "said Michael S. Baldwin, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen.

"Lub Rooj Sib Tham Teamsters Rail txais tos lub sijhawm los sawv cev rau cov neeg ua haujlwm uas yuav ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev ua tiav ntawm California txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau ceev," said Mark Wallace, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Teamsters Rail Conference. "Peb cov tswv cuab zoo siab los ua Teamsters, thiab lawv paub qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov ntawv cog lus muaj zog. Rail Conference unions BLET thiab BMWED tos ntsoov rau kev sib tham nrog cov ntawv cog lus uas cuam tshuam txog kev txawj ntse ntawm cov kws tshaj lij uas lawv sawv cev. "

Qee cov tswv cuab ntawm Cov Koom Haum Koom Tes no tau mus xyuas qhov chaw tsim kho thaum lub caij ntuj sov xyoo 2023.

Daim ntawv cog lus no ua kom ntseeg tau tias cov neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm kev tsheb ciav hlau ib txwm muaj nyob rau hauv txoj haujlwm yuav tuaj yeem txiav txim siab rau lawv tus kheej li cas sawv cev, yog tias muaj, lawv xav tau, thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm tuaj yeem raug them los ntawm Rail Labor Act, Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, thiab Txoj Cai Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Daim ntawv cog lus tseem ua kom ntseeg tau tias cov kev pabcuam kev ua haujlwm yooj yim, suav nrog kev tiv thaiv cov neeg ua haujlwm los ntawm kev nug txog lawv cov kev txhawb nqa lossis tsis txhawb kev ua haujlwm, thiab muab cov koomhaum pabcuam tsim nyog rau cov neeg ua haujlwm, yuav raug siv rau hauv txoj haujlwm.

Txhawm rau khiav lag luam thiab tswj cov kev tsheb ciav hlau ceev ceev, Lub Tuam Txhab yuav tsum tau ntiav ntau txhiab tus neeg thoob plaws hauv lub xeev ntawm nws cov tsheb ciav hlau, ntawm nws cov chaw nres tsheb, nws cov khoom siv hnyav thiab lub teeb, thiab lwm qhov chaw hauv ntau lub peev xwm, suav nrog kev ua haujlwm, engineering, kev saib xyuas cov khoom siv, xa tawm, kev pabcuam hauv lub nkoj, thiab kev ua haujlwm ntawm tus thawj coj.

Lub Tuam Txhab tau cog lus rau kev koom tes nrog kev ua haujlwm rau ntau tshaj kaum xyoo. Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis, Lub Tuam Txhab tau cim 10 xyoo txij li thaum tsim Daim Ntawv Pom Zoo Cov Nyiaj Pab Zej Zog. Kos npe thiab ua tiav hauv 2013, daim ntawv cog lus no txhawb kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam hauv kev tsim kho thaum txhawb kev cob qhia rau cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis zoo.

Txog rau tam sim no, kev txhim kho kev txhim kho hauv Central Valley tau ua rau muaj ntau dua 11,500 txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo, nrog ntau dua 1,600 tus neeg ua haujlwm txawj xa mus rau qhov chaw ua haujlwm siab ceev tsheb ciav hlau txhua hnub. Ze li ntawm 75% ntawm txoj haujlwm tsim ntawm qhov project mus ncaj qha rau cov tib neeg los ntawm cov zej zog tsis zoo.

Lub Tuam Tsev kuj tau koom tes nrog lub nroog Selma, Fresno Economic Development Corporation, Fresno, Madera, Kings, Tulare Building Trades Council, thiab Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission los tsim cov Central Valley Qhov Chaw Kawm - 12-lub lim tiam, kev kawm ua ntej. Qhov tsis raug nqi, kev cob qhia ua ntej ua haujlwm yog tsom rau kev pabcuam qub tub rog, cov hluas hluas, cov neeg tsawg, thiab cov neeg tau nyiaj tsawg hauv Central Valley thiab muab rau lawv nrog kev cob qhia kev tsim kho kev lag luam. Txij li thaum pib ntawm lub chaw cob qhia, 151 cov tub ntxhais kawm tau kawm tiav, nrog ntau dua 1,000 nug txog qhov program.

Lub Tuam Txhab tau pib txuas ntxiv 119 mais hauv kev tsim kho mus rau 171 mais ntawm yav tom ntej hluav taws xob kev kub ceev tsheb ciav hlau los ntawm Merced mus rau Bakersfield. Muaj ntau dua 25 qhov chaw tsim kho nyob hauv California Central Valley, nrog rau Lub Tuam Txhab tau tshem tawm ib puag ncig 422 mais ntawm txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau ceev los ntawm Bay Area mus rau Los Angeles Basin, suav nrog tag nrho Northern California seem ntawm Merced mus rau San Francisco.

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