September 23, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, News, Top News
From left: BLET National Secretary-Treasurer David Estes, Senator Sherrod Brown and BLET National President Eddie Hall ____________________ Cleveland, Ohio – On September 23, 2024, the American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA), Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers...
September 18, 2024 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains.com, September 18, 2024) At the opening of today’s Surface Transportation Board hearing on the lack of rail freight volume growth, Vice Chair Karen Hedlund said she was still struck by what she heard the day before from analysts and shippers and Class...
September 17, 2024 | Headlines, Long Trains
(Source: Associated Press, September 17, 2024) As freight trains have grown ever longer, the number of derailments related to the forces created when railcars push and pull against each other also increased, so the National Academies of Sciences said Tuesday in a...
September 17, 2024 | Memorials, News, Obituary, Top News
Brother Jerry D. Arterberry, a BNSF conductor and member of BLET Division 604, suffered a medical emergency and passed away while working at BNSF’s yard in Madill, Oklahoma, on September 7. He was 54 years old. Brother Arterberry was an active and involved BLET...
September 13, 2024 | News, Top News, Unions
A Gallup survey release just prior to Labor Day 2024 shows that a strong majority of Americans continue to view labor unions in a positive light. Seventy percent of respondents said they hold a favorable view of unions, up slightly from 67 percent in 2023. This year’s...
