September 18, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
Early last week, a majority of BLET members at the New England Central Railroad (NECR) ratified a new on-property agreement governing rates of pay, benefits and work rules for approximately 40 operating employees. The five-year deal runs through December 31, 2027, and...
September 8, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
BLET billboards highlighting NJT’s spending “millions for penthouse views, but not a dime for train crews” are being placed around the state This week, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) launched an advertising and voter outreach...
June 16, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines, Lawsuit
(Source: www.nj.com, June 15, 2023) The settlement by the national union admits no wrong doing, and BLET National President Eddie Hall criticized NJ Transit for lack of progress in negotiating a fair contract. “This is a sideshow,” he said of the settlement. “We’re...
May 11, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: KYW News Radio, May 10, 2023) Regional Rail engineers say SEPTA has little incentive to hire more engineers because, for years, managers have been earning stipends by filling the shifts of engineers who have left for other jobs. That’s why members of the...
May 11, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, May 10, 2023) BLET locomotive engineers took action on May 10 to express their anger and frustration at NJ Transit’s foot-dragging in contract negotiations as well as the agency’s plans to spend significant money to lease new, upscale office...
April 11, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 11 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has reached a tentative contract agreement with the South Buffalo Railway Company (SBRR). The BLET SBRR members are asked to check their mailboxes for ballots, which the...
March 30, 2023 | Amtrak, Contract Negotiations, Headlines, Unions
(Source: TCU & Shop-Craft Coalition press release, March 24, 2023) On Thursday, March 23 – after 15 months of negotiations – the TCU & Shop-Craft Coalition reached a tentative agreement with Amtrak to settle each organization’s respective Section 6 notices for...
March 28, 2023 | Amtrak, Contract Negotiations, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Railway Age, March 24, 2023) Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (BMWED) and Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) members have reached a tentative agreement, after negotiating as a coalition for 15 months, with Amtrak on a seven-year contract that...
February 16, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, February 15, 2023) Locomotive engineers are upset with a salary offer from NJ Transit and may start voting with their feet, either by taking jobs with other commuter railroads that pay more, or going on strike, union leaders said. Brotherhood of...
February 14, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, CSX, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 14 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) today mailed ballots to about 60 members employed by the Springfield Terminal Railway Company (ST) (an affiliate of Pan Am Railways) regarding a tentative New York Dock...
