September 22, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News, Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, September 22 — Today begins a 15-day Question and Answer (Q&A) period as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) will distribute copies of the Tentative Agreement (TA) to all General Chairmen and Local Chairmen involved in...
September 15, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News, Top News
For immediate release, September 15, 2022 Statement by Jeremy Ferguson, President, SMART Transportation Division and Dennis Pierce, President, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on Tentative Agreement Reached Early This Morning Between Unions...
August 27, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News, SMART-TD, Top News
The following is a joint statement from BLET President Dennis Pierce and SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson: CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 27 — On Monday, August 22, the SMART TD and BLET, along with the other remaining United Rail Unions, met with the Rail Carriers via...
August 17, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News, Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 17 — The recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) No. 250 were published on Tuesday, August 16. Officers of the BLET National Division, along with legal counsel and the BLET Wage Team, are continuing to analyze the report and...
July 24, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News, Top News
Today, July 24, 2022, the United Rail Unions, who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition, and the Carriers represented by the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC)...
July 15, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, Top News
The United Rail Unions issue the following statement July 15, 2022: The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition attended the Public Interest Hearings hosted by...
July 15, 2022 | CEO Pay, Contract Negotiations, National Negotiations 2019, News, Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, July 15 — On Tuesday, July 12, 2022, BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce traveled to Washington D.C. to represent the membership of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen at the Public Interest Hearings held by the National...
July 12, 2022 | National Negotiations 2019, News, Top News
By Dennis R. Pierce, BLET National President Today, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen tallied the ballots cast in its first nationwide strike vote over national contract negotiations since 2011. In a showing of solidarity and unity, 99.5% of the...
April 18, 2022 | Convention, News, Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 18 — As all Local Divisions, General Committees and State Legislative Boards were advised on January 4, 2022, the BLET’s Fifth National Convention will convene in Las Vegas, Nevada, from October 10-13, 2022. The BLET’s national conventions...
