August 2, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Associated Press, August 1, 2023) Roughly 7,500 BNSF train engineers may soon get up to eight days of paid sick time and more certainty about their days off if they approve a new deal with the railroad announced Tuesday. Full story: Associated...
August 1, 2023 | BNSF, News, Paid Sick Leave
On August 1, the BLET announced it had reached a tentative system-wide agreement with the BNSF Railway that will significantly benefit locomotive engineers. The tentative agreement includes up to eight paid sick leave days and grants access to scheduled time off in an...
June 29, 2023 | News, Paid Sick Leave, UP
The six BLET General Chairmen reported today that 90% of BLET Divisions representing locomotive engineers on Union Pacific ratified a momentous agreement that enhances the quality of life for those locomotive engineers and their families by making it possible for them...
June 23, 2023 | News, NS, Paid Sick Leave
Nearly 95% of BLET Divisions representing locomotive engineers on Norfolk Southern ratified a new paid sick leave agreement with Norfolk Southern on June 19. The new deal provides NS engineers with five new days of paid sick leave per year and the flexibility to use...
June 7, 2023 | Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 6, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Rail Conference recently notched victories in the ongoing fight to improve the lives of its members. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen...
June 7, 2023 | Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 5, 2023) Union Pacific and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have reached a paid sick time agreement, the railroad and union announced today. Full story: Trains Magazine
June 7, 2023 | Headlines, NS, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Associated Press, June 5, 2023) Norfolk Southern became the first major North American freight railroad with deals to provide paid sick time to all of its workers Monday, but the other railroads are making progress, with nearly 65% of all rail workers...
June 5, 2023 | News, Paid Sick Leave, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 5 — Earlier today, the BLET announced that it has reached a paid sick leave agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad. The General Chairmen involved in negotiating the new deal have prepared the following Fact Sheet to address potential...
June 5, 2023 | News, Paid Sick Leave, UP
Union Pacific’s locomotive engineers will now have up to seven days paid in the event of illness OMAHA, June 5 — Union Pacific Railroad reached an agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) to provide paid sick leave to the...
May 31, 2023 | News, NS, Paid Sick Leave
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 31 — “No concessions and no punitive attendance policy.” That was the clear message delivered to BLET’s Norfolk Southern members over conference calls and Zoom meetings set up to explain the breakthrough tentative agreement announced on May 18....
