November 3, 2022 | 2022 Convention, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, November 3 — A copy of the Star-Spangled Banner video that played each morning during the BLET’s Fifth National Convention in Last Vegas last month is now available for viewing in the members’ area of the BLET website. The video features images of...
October 20, 2022 | 2022 Convention, News
BLET delegates showed their generosity at the Fifth National Convention on October 13, donating money to help the family of a fallen Brother. BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce announced earlier in the week that Marvin Lee, Local Chairman of Division 75 in...
October 19, 2022 | 2022 Convention, News
LAS VEGAS, October 19 — Delegates on October 13 heard farewell addresses from retiring National Division officers Lee Pruitt and Mike Priester as the Fifth National Convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) came to a close. President...
October 19, 2022 | 2022 Convention, News
BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce delivered the Report of the National President during the morning session of the BLET’s Fifth National Convention on Monday, October 10. Click here to see a video of his comments: https://youtu.be/hGubXkoHmo8 .
October 18, 2022 | 2022 Convention, News
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh thanked railroad workers during his speech to delegates attending the BLET’s Fifth National Convention on Tuesday afternoon, October 11. Click here to see a video of his comments: https://youtu.be/Yi_tqOdLM6Q .
October 17, 2022 | 2022 Convention, News
Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien kicked off the BLET’s Fifth National Convention with an address to delegates on Monday morning, October 10. Click here to see a video of his comments: https://youtu.be/3GyDTx-CHOA .
October 13, 2022 | 2022 Convention, News
LAS VEGAS, October 13 — “The BLET and the FRA have a shared commitment to make sure rail operations are safe,” said Amit Bose, the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in remarks to the Fifth National Convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive...
October 12, 2022 | 2022 Convention, News
LAS VEGAS, October 11 — U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, during an address at the Fifth National Convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) on Tuesday, praised railroad workers for continuing to work in the most difficult of...
October 11, 2022 | 2022 Convention, News
LAS VEGAS, October 11 — BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce delivered the Report of the National President during the morning session of the BLET’s Fifth National Convention on October 10. His report focused on the Tentative National Freight Agreement and a call...
October 11, 2022 | 2022 Convention, News
LAS VEGAS, October 11 — A lineup of top Congressional and national labor leaders kicked off the first day of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) Fifth National Convention being held in Las Vegas. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi led the...
