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INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 9 — The BLET will be hosting two Town Hall meetings this week — one in Missouri and one in Arkansas — and all BLET members in the area are encouraged to attend. Coordinating and co-hosting the meetings are the BLET’s Union Pacific-Central Region General Committee of Adjustment, the Arkansas State Legislative Board and the Missouri State Legislative Board.

The Town Hall meetings will update members on national contract negotiations and will address the BLET’s ongoing fight against carrier attendance policies. The meetings will include question-and-answer sessions with the speakers.

The first meeting will be held on May 10 at 10:00 a.m. in Little Rock, Arkansas (6000 Patterson Road). Speakers will include BLET National President Dennis Pierce, National Vice President Mark Wallace (assigned to Union Pacific), and Union Pacific-Central Region General Chairman Ronnie Rhodes, and UP-Central Region Vice General Chairman Kyle Bagby.

The second meeting will be held on May 11 at 10:00 a.m. in St. Louis, Missouri (Teamsters Local 6 Hall, 3650 Wisconsin). Speakers will include President Pierce, Vice President Wallace, General Chairman Rhodes, and Vice General Chairman Kyle Bagby.

You must be a BLET member to attend. Download a flyer for more information.

Click here to download the Arkansas Town Hall flyer (PDF).

Click here to download the Missouri Town Hall flyer (PDF).