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"There is a lot of uncertainty, and that is the last thing our labor force needs."

WILMERDING, Pennsylvania — By July of this year, the last man on the job here at the Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation will, in all likelihood, turn around as he reaches the threshold of the same front door hundreds of thousands of workers have passed through since the 1890s. For the last time, he will look out over the 300,000-square-foot plant that has provided this country with so much technology and innovation for nearly 140 years, and he will think about the men and women wh...

ERIE, Pa., October 31, 2023--Wabtec and its launch customer, Roy Hill, a leading iron ore miner majority owned by Australia’s most successful private company, Hancock Prospecting, celebrated the debut of the FLXdrive battery locomotive, the world’s first 100% battery-powered, heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service. The ceremony unveiled the unique, striking pink-colored locomotive at Wabtec’s design and development center in Pennsylvania in front of employees, customer e...

World’s first 100% battery-powered, heavy-haul freight locomotive for mainline service

Some 1,400 people walked off the job.

The Erie County executive said he was concerned Wabtec may be considering a plant closure and outsourcing of its operations.

After a bargaining session on Thursday, Wabtec Corp. reached a tentative agreement with striking workers from the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America union (UE), at its Erie

Contract negotiations between the country’s largest locomotive manufacturer and its striking unions are continuing in Erie, Pennsylvania, nearly two months after some 1,400 workers walked off the job. The session

ERIE (TNS) — Erie County’s third largest employer could end manufacturing operations at its sprawling rail plant if a new labor agreement is not reached with some 1,400 striking union