November 18, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
Ballots are due back to the National Division by Thursday, December 11. Photo by Cory Rusch, BLET Division 659 ____________________ The BLET has reached a tentative five-year agreement with the CPKC for locomotive engineers who work on the CPKC Soo Line territory....
November 12, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
The BLET has reached a tentative agreement (TA) with the Indiana & Ohio Railway (IORY). Ballots were mailed to members this week. The five-year TA runs through 2030 and provides a 7% general wage increase (GWI) for 2026, with 4% GWIs each year from 2027-2030....
November 4, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
All BLET members are invited to two Town Hall meetings next week to discuss the tentative national agreement. These meetings are an opportunity for members to hear directly from national officers, ask questions, and share feedback: Tuesday, November 11 – Needles, CA/...
November 3, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) today reached a tentative national agreement with freight railroads represented by the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC). Highlights of the tentative five-year contract include: General wage...
October 20, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
On October 17, Presidential Emergency Board No. 253 (PEB) announced its recommendations in the contract dispute between the coalition of unions (including BLET) and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). That PEB recommended raises with full retroactive pay for all...
October 17, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
The BLET presented a strong case on behalf of its members as Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) 253 held formal hearings last week in the contract dispute between BLET along with several other unions and the Long Island Rail Road. It is expected that the PEB will...
October 6, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News, Unions
A former member in the 1880s, Fred Wohlenberg was such a strong supporter of the BLE that he had the union’s logo engraved on his tombstone. His great-grandson Brad recently contacted the BLET to express his family’s continued support for our union....
September 24, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
BLET National Vice President Jim Louis addresses the news conference regarding the ongoing LIRR contract dispute. ____________________ On Monday, September 15, after three years without a raise during a period of high inflation, Long Island Rail Road engineers...
June 11, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
The tentative five-year deal provides retroactive pay and general wage increases through 2027. Ballots are due back to the National Division by June 26. ____________________ The BLET has reached a tentative agreement with the Terminal Railway-Alabama State Docks...
June 2, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
On May 18, the BLET and NJ Transit reached a tentative agreement to end a three-day strike at the nation’s third-largest commuter railroad, which affected 350,000 riders across the Garden State and into New York City. Balloting is now underway as BLET’s 450 members...
