September 25, 2023 | News, Top News
The Rail Workers Hazardous Materials Training Program is hosting four in-person rail worker training sessions in late 2023 and early 2024. The dates are as follows: October 15-20, 2023; January 14-19, 2024; February 4-9, 2024; and March 3-8, 2024. The following...
September 22, 2023 | News, Remote Control, Top News
The death of a CSX carman, Fred Anderson, 56, who was struck and killed by a remote controlled train on September 17 in Wallbridge Yard, near Toledo, has renewed calls for stricter rules on the use of remote operations. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and...
September 22, 2023 | News, Railroad Safety, Top News
Rail labor turned out in full force on September 19 for the introduction of a new railroad safety bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. Introduced by U.S. Reps. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D. (D-N.Y.), the Rail Worker and Community Safety...
September 19, 2023 | News, Top News
State Chairman Mike Walker and members of the Iowa State Legislative Board have been hard at work this year signing up new members to voluntarily contribute to the Brotherhood’s Political Action Committee Fund (BLET PAC Fund). Last week, Brother Walker presented a...
September 18, 2023 | News, Top News, Unions
On the heels of Labor Day, a new Gallup poll shows that labor unions continue to enjoy high support in the U.S., with 67% of Americans approving of them. The poll shows Americans wanting union influence to strengthen, because they believe unions are a benefit to...
September 18, 2023 | News, Obituary, Top News
Retired BLET General Chairman Dennis “Denny” E. Penning, who served the Union Pacific-Central Region GCA for many years, passed away on September 7, 2023. He was 75 years old. Brother Penning hired out on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1967 and earned promotion to...
September 18, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
Early last week, a majority of BLET members at the New England Central Railroad (NECR) ratified a new on-property agreement governing rates of pay, benefits and work rules for approximately 40 operating employees. The five-year deal runs through December 31, 2027, and...
September 18, 2023 | News, Top News
Last week, the BLET National Division hosted approximately 25 Division Secretary-Treasurers and SLB S-Ts for a training class at National Division headquarters in Independence, Ohio. The in-depth training covered UnionTrack (the BLET’s system for membership...
September 8, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
BLET billboards highlighting NJT’s spending “millions for penthouse views, but not a dime for train crews” are being placed around the state This week, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) launched an advertising and voter outreach...
September 8, 2023 | News, Tentative Contract, Top News
A contract ratification vote is underway for BLET members at the Portland & Western Railroad (PNWR). Ballots were mailed this week to members to vote on a tentative on-property agreement governing rates of pay, benefits and work rules for approximately 50...
