March 4, 2022 | 2-man Crews, News, SMART-TD
The Fight for Two-Person Crews The following is an advance copy of a message from Dennis Pierce, BLET National President that will be included in the upcoming BLET Journal publication: I recently attended a Town Hall meeting with the membership of Division 28 in...
February 28, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, News, SMART-TD
February 28, 2022 — By letter dated February 24, 2022, the rail bargaining coalition made up of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the Teamsters Rail Conference and the Mechanical Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air,...
February 8, 2022 | BNSF, News, PSR, SMART-TD
CLEVELAND, Ohio, (February 8) — Yesterday, the BLET and SMART-TD filed their oppositions to BNSF’s request for the court to convert the January 25, 2022, Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) into a preliminary injunction. The unions each filed for their own preliminary...
February 4, 2022 | BNSF, DOT, Headlines, PSR, SMART-TD
(Source: Freight Waves, February 2, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Two major rail unions are taking their concerns about attendance programs at BNSF and other Class I railroads to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Labor Secretary Martin Walsh, saying that...
January 28, 2022 | BNSF, News, SMART-TD
CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 28 — BLET and SMART-TD members employed by BNSF Railway continue to labor under a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which was issued on Tuesday, January 25, 2022....
