CLEVELAND, December 21 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will conduct four Secretary-Treasurer training workshops in 2002.
The workshops will take place at the BLE’s four regional meetings — June 16-20 in Virginia Beach, Va., July 21-25 in Kennewick, Wash., August 18-23 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and September 23-26 in Fort Worth, Texas.
During the intensive sessions, BLE Secretary-Treasurers will learn proper record keeping techniques, computer applications, and minute-taking techniques. They will also learn methods for filing various Department of Labor and Railroad Retirement reports, as well as Federal tax returns.
S-Ts are encouraged to attend one of the four workshops listed above as all other S-T workshops for 2002 have been postponed until further notice. This includes the training class originally scheduled for January 24-26 in Los Angeles, as well as others tentatively scheduled for Houston, Chicago and Birmingham.
Regretfully, the BLE International Division has been forced to postpone these popular workshops and concentrate its resources elsewhere as it prepares to protect operating craft lines on the nation’s railroads.