September 10, 2021 | Disaster Relief, News, Teamsters
(BLET Editor’s Note: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following press release on September 8, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declared a major disaster for the state of Louisiana on August 30, 2021, opening...
September 10, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, September 9 — On July 27, 2021, members of the BLET’s District of Columbia State Legislative Board convened their 5th quadrennial meeting at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters headquarters in Washington, D.C. Brother Herbert Harris Jr. was...
September 10, 2021 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 9, 2021) CHICAGO — Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin J. Oberman stepped up his criticism of Class I railroads on Wednesday, saying the industry’s drive for ever-increasing profits resulted in a loss of market share to...
September 10, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train, Railroad Security
(Source: United States Department of Justice press release, September 9, 2021) SEATTLE — A 28-year-old Bellingham, Washington woman was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of violence against a railroad carrier, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M....
September 10, 2021 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: KING5, September 10, 2021) CUSTER, Wash. — “Possible vandalism” was a contributing cause of a fiery Whatcom County oil train derailment in December 2020, according to a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) report released Thursday. The BNSF...
