January 2, 2013 | BLE-UTU Merger, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, December 28, 2012) BILLINGS Mont. — Energy companies behind the oil boom on the Northern Plains are increasingly turning to an industrial-age workhorse — the locomotive — to move their crude to refineries across the U.S., as plans for new...
March 30, 2009 | BLE-UTU Merger, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 27, 2009.) DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa will receive about $400,000 in federal funding to improve access for disabled people at the state’s Amtrak stations. Gov. Chet Culver announced Friday that Iowa will get...
February 6, 2009 | BLE-UTU Merger, Headlines
(The following story by Janet Hook appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on February 6, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate struggled to finish work Thursday evening on President Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan, after a weeklong debate that has...
November 6, 2001 | BLE-UTU Merger, News
CLEVELAND, November 6 — Flyers encouraging BLE members to vote in the upcoming merger referendum are now available on the BLE website. The flyers are part of a campaign by the National Mobilization Team to encourage a high level of voter turnout in the proposed...
October 30, 2001 | BLE-UTU Merger, News
CLEVELAND, October 30, 2001 — In a vote certified on October 29, members of the United Transportation Union voted to approve a merger with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers by an almost six-to-one margin. The UTU vote was 23,368 in favor of the merger and...
October 22, 2001 | BLE-UTU Merger, News
CLEVELAND, October 22 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will conduct a second referendum vote on whether or not to merge with the United Transportation Union after a lawsuit by three BLE officers halted the original balloting process. Attorneys for the...
