October 28, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, October 28 — Next week, ballots are being mailed to 24,000 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) employed by Class I railroads who are eligible to vote on a tentative agreement (TA) for a proposed collective...
October 28, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, October 28 — Ballots will be mailed Monday, October 31, to approximately 24,000 BLET members and voting will begin on November 1 regarding the tentative national agreement. Ballots are due on November 20 by 11:59 p.m. ET. A copy of the tentative...
October 28, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Associated Press, October 27, 2022) Businesses are increasingly worried about the renewed threat of a railroad strike after two unions rejected their deals, and they want the Biden administration and Congress to be ready to intervene. A coalition of 322...
October 20, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, October 20 — The BLET’s Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe General Committees of Adjustment are hosting four Town Hall meetings in Missouri and Nebraska open to BLET members from all involved railroads next week regarding the tentative...
October 20, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News, SMART-TD
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, October 20 — A large contingent of BLET members and officers participated in a solidarity rally in Houston on October 18. The rally was an all-day meeting, held from noon to 7:00 p.m. The purpose was to create and show solidarity among members of...
October 17, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 13, 2022) Members of the SMART Railroad, Mechanical and Engineering Department (SMART MD) voted to ratify a tentative agreement with the nation’s major freight railroads, the union and National Carriers’ Conference...
October 8, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
By Dennis R. Pierce, BLET National President (BLET Editor’s Note: The following message from BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce has been excerpted from the August/September 2022 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News. Additionally, a joint video...
October 7, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
CLEVELAND, October 7 — A must-watch for all involved members of the BLET and SMART-TD, BLET President Dennis Pierce and SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson have published a joint video regarding the tentative national freight agreement. The Presidents describe the...
October 5, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Freight Waves, October 4, 2022) Members of the American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA) have ratified the labor contract with the freight railroads, joining three other unions that have already done so. Full story: Freight Waves
September 30, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News
September 29, 2022 Dear BLET Brothers and Sisters: The BLET National General Chairmen’s Association (NGCA) includes General Chairmen from Class 1 freight, commuter and passenger, and short line railroads. Put briefly, those officers are the designated BLET...
