BLET News
Sausville reelected Chairman of Florida State Legislative Board
BLET continues to lead the way in publicly exposing the dangers of remote control train operations
Registration open for upcoming rail hazmat training classes
FRA safety culture survey shows need for C3RS as BNSF continues to retaliate against workers for reporting safety concerns
Labor Day 2024: BLET members show their pride
California: BLET secures C3RS safety program for new COASTER members
NJ Transit: PEB 251 issues report and recommendations
FRA backs BLET, denies carriers’ backdoor effort to waive PTC safety regulations
BLET SLB Chairmen: Two days left to submit candidate recommendations via email
Melone elected new Chairman of Montana State Legislative Board
Washington: STB to hold hearing on growth in the freight rail industry — BLET’s Wallace to testify
BLET exposes carriers’ backdoor effort to change PTC safety regulations
TCRC defiant as government mandates binding arbitration to end CN, CPKC lockouts
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Rail Industry News
Norfolk Southern CEO fired for “consensual relationship” with railroad’s chief legal officer
(Source: CNN, September 12, 2024) Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw was fired for cause by the railroad’s board for “engaging in a consensual relationship with the company’s chief legal officer,” who was also terminated, the railroad announced Wednesday evening. While...
Safety concerns are at the heart of the TCRC-CN/CPKC dispute as arbitration decision draws near
(Source: The Conversation, August 7, 2024) On Aug. 24, Canada’s federal labour board ordered the Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPK) railways, along with over 9,000 workers, to return to work and enter binding arbitration to produce a new...
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw to step down amid misconduct probe, sources say
(Source: Reuters, September 9, 2024) Norfolk Southern's CEO Alan Shaw is expected to step down from his role at the railroad company amid an investigation into allegations of potential workplace misconduct, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday....
Amtrak and partners break ground on new Connecticut River Bridge
(Source: Amtrak press release, September 5, 2024) OLD LYME, Conn. – Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner today joined U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy,...
TCRC formally appeals binding arbitration order
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, August 30, 2024) The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (Teamsters) filed appeals challenging the decisions that led to binding arbitration being imposed on workers at CN and CPKC, effectively stripping them of...
ATDA organizes train dispatchers at Genesee & Wyoming
(Source: American Train Dispatchers Association press release, September 4, 2024) On September 4, 2024, the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that Train Dispatchers from the Genesee & Wyoming Railroad (G&W) have voted to unionize with the American Train...
Rail worker’s death in Ohio railyard highlights union questions about remote control trains
(Source: Associated Press, August 28, 2024) The CSX worker who discovered his friend run over by a pair of remote-control locomotives in a railyard last year sees a simple solution to preventing similar deaths in the future: two-person crews. But that idea won’t be...
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