February 1, 2024 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line
On January 23, BLET members ratified a new six-year agreement with the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (SL&A). The agreement provides retroactive pay dating to January 1, 2022, for all active employees, and general wage increases of 24% over the life of the...
January 26, 2024 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line, UP
A new agreement between the BLET and the Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) illustrates the importance of locomotive engineers to a railroad’s success. The PHL Employee Retention Program, signed by BLET General Chairman Brian Carr on January 17, 2024, rewards BLET members with...
January 23, 2024 | Contract Agreement, CSX, News, Short Line
On January 15, a majority of members from BLET Divisions 72 and 191 ratified an implementing agreement regarding CSX Transportation’s acquisition of the Springfield Terminal Railway (a Pan Am Railway affiliate). The agreement covers approximately 30 BLET members and...
January 15, 2024 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line
PNW BLET members will get a general wage increase of 21.5% (23.4% compounded) over the life of the new contract as well as a number of other contractual improvements. Photo courtesy: Cory Rusch, BLET Division 659 ____________________ On January 11, BLET members...
December 6, 2023 | Amtrak, Contract Agreement, News
Earlier today, BLET members ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with Amtrak. The new seven-year agreement was approved by a 550-479 vote of the 1,029 (73%) ballots cast. The contract governs locomotive engineers who operate Amtrak’s passenger and commuter...
December 6, 2023 | Contract Agreement, News
The agreement with Keolis governs rates of pay and health care benefits for locomotive engineers who operate trains for Virginia Railway Express. Photo: courtesy of VRE ____________________ On November 29, BLET members ratified a new five-year contract with Keolis...
November 13, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Agreement, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Transport Workers Union Local 234 press release, November 10, 2023) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — On Friday, November 10, the members of Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 234, SEPTA’s largest union, voted to ratify new contracts with the transit agency. The City,...
May 10, 2023 | Amtrak, Contract Agreement, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen press release, May 9, 2023) On May 5, 2023, BRS members working at Amtrak ratified a new collective bargaining agreement. The 7-year Agreement was reached after nearly 18 months of negotiations and provided for general wage...
May 10, 2023 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 10 — On May 5, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the South Buffalo Railway (SBRR). The new three-year agreement provides a $1,000.00 signing bonus and...
March 10, 2023 | Contract Agreement, CSX, News, NS, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 10 — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) employed by the Springfield Terminal Railway Company (ST) (an affiliate of Pan Am Railways) today ratified a New York Dock Implementing Agreement with the ST and...
