August 7, 2025 | DOL, Headlines, UP, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, August 6, 2025) DALLAS – A federal whistleblower investigation found that Union Pacific Railroad Co. violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act by terminating a railroad engineer after the employee reported and sought...
March 13, 2025 | DOL, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: OPB.org, March 10, 2025) The U.S. Senate voted 67-32 Monday to confirm former Oregon congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer as labor secretary in President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Her appointment earned bipartisan support. A small business owner whose father was a...
December 12, 2024 | DOL, DOT, News, Teamsters, Top News
President-elect Trump has announced his intention to fill two cabinet-level positions of particular interest for the BLET and its members: the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Labor. Former Wisconsin Representative Sean Duffy has been nominated by...
October 2, 2024 | CN, CPKC, CSX, DOL, DOT, News, Top News
Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. Department of Labor photo ____________________ On September 25, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su sent letters to the CEOs of three Class I freight railroads — CPKC,...
September 27, 2024 | DOL, News, Top News
From left: Retired ATDA President Leo McCann, Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and ATDA President Ed Dowell (DOL photograph) ____________________ The American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA) was one of nine unions honored by the U.S. Department of Labor on...
September 26, 2024 | CN, CPKC, CSX, DOL, DOT, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, September 25, 2024) U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su today sent letters to the CEOs of three Class I freight railroads – CPKC, CN, and CSX –...
August 10, 2023 | DOL, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: OSHA/ Department of Labor press release, August 9, 2023) After several U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety and health investigations at the East Palestine, Ohio, site where a Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailed in February 2023, the train’s...
April 27, 2023 | DOL, Headlines
(Source: Roll Call, April 26, 2023) The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted along party lines (11-10) Wednesday to advance Julie Su’s nomination to be Labor secretary, with several senators’ floor votes still in question. Full story: Roll...
April 24, 2023 | DOL, Headlines
(Source: People’s World, April 21, 2023) Fending off Senate Republican attacks, notably over jobless insurance payment fraud when she was California’s Labor Commissioner, U.S. Labor Department Under Secretary Julie Su appeared on her way to Senate Labor Committee...
April 20, 2023 | DOL, Headlines
(Source: CNN, April 20, 2023) Julie Su, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next secretary of labor, is set to take part in a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. Full story: CNN
