September 5, 2025 | News, Top News, UP, Whistleblower
A wrongfully-terminated BLET member received more than $184,000 in back pay after the BLET got him his job back, and he was awarded an additional $150,000 in punitive damages after a federal whistleblower investigation found that the Union Pacific Railroad violated...
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...
January 30, 2025 | News, Top News, Whistleblower
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) is presently seeking applicants for the Director of the Arbitration Department to join our National Division office team. The successful candidate will have the flexibility to work remotely, but will be...
October 21, 2024 | CSX, News, Top News, Whistleblower
An administrative law judge at the U.S. Department of Labor has ordered CSX Transportation to pay a total of $453,510 to two BLET members who were wrongfully terminated for exercising their federally protected rights to report workplace safety concerns. The decision...
April 11, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety, Whistleblower
(Source: Vice, April 10, 2023) Since 2013, there have been 2,054 whistleblower complaints filed with OSHA by freight rail workers against the seven biggest railroads in the country, known as Class I railroads, according to documents obtained by Motherboard via a...
January 14, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: SHRM, January 12, 2022) NEW YORK — A railroad inspector who was fired shortly after reporting that wearing a seat belt while driving a “hy-rail vehicle” could be dangerous had a valid retaliation claim, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled....
December 16, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Television station WCCO, December 15, 2021) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A former track inspector with BNSF Railway Company was awarded $9.4 million in damages following an eight-day trial Wednesday. According to a release, a jury found that Don Sanders was...
January 21, 2021 | Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 20, 201) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa on President Biden’s selection of James Fredricks and Joseph Hughes to serve in top positions in...
October 14, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, October 13, 2020) ATLANTA, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered CSX Transportation Inc. –...
July 9, 2020 | Headlines, NS, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, June 12, 2020) ATLANTA, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Norfolk Southern Railway Corp. to...
