For the first time, BLET members will have paid sick days and access to the company’s 401k program under the new quality of life agreement.BLET members ratified a new quality of life agreement with the Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC) in late March.
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BLET members ratified a new quality of life agreement with the Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC) in late March.
There are two significant gains under provisions of the new agreement. First, members will earn up to four paid sick days per year. Second, BLET members gain initial access to the company’s 401k program. Engineers also will have the ability to convert five personal leave days in place of President’s Day, Good Friday, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve.
The BLET’s BRC locomotive engineers belong to Division 16, the union’s division for short line railroads.
Photo by Benjamin Dziechciowski