March 27, 2023 | Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 27 — In a surprise ceremony today at BLET National Division headquarters, National President Eddie Hall recognized retired members John P. Tolman and Thomas A. Pontolillo Sr. for their contributions to the BLET and its members throughout...
March 20, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Fatality, Legislation, News, NS, Railroad Safety, Top News
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 20 — With the Norfolk Southern Rail Yard in Cleveland as a backdrop and leaders of the BLET by his side, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) held a news conference Monday calling for passage of the bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023. The...
March 17, 2023 | News, Organizing, Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 17 — Brother Jorge R. Gomez, a BNSF locomotive engineer and member of Division 264 in El Paso, Texas, has joined the BLET National Division staff as a full-time Special Representative. BLET National President Eddie Hall said his appointment...
March 15, 2023 | Education and Training, News, Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 15 — The BLET Education & Training Department, in conjunction with the National Legislative Office, will conduct a class for BLET Division Legislative Representatives in Washington, D.C., from June 5-9, 2023. The class will take place at...
March 10, 2023 | Contract Agreement, CSX, News, NS, Short Line, Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 10 — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) employed by the Springfield Terminal Railway Company (ST) (an affiliate of Pan Am Railways) today ratified a New York Dock Implementing Agreement with the ST and...
March 10, 2023 | Contract Agreement, CP, News, Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 10 — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) today ratified a new five-year agreement with the CP Rail/Soo Line Railroad. Similar to the 2022 National Agreement, the new contract provides 22% General Wage...
March 10, 2023 | Fatality, News, NS, Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 10 — Services for late BLET member Louis P. Shuster will be held next week. Brother Shuster, who served the BLET as President of Division 607 (Cleveland), was killed while working for Norfolk Southern on March 7. Brother Shuster was the...
March 7, 2023 | Fatality, News, NS, NTSB, Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 7 — Louis P. Shuster, a proud member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), employed as a Norfolk Southern conductor, was struck and killed early Tuesday when a dump truck collided with a train car in Cleveland. “Lou...
March 7, 2023 | Education and Training, News, Top News
Class is back in session for members and officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). After a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BLET returned to in-person workshops last week with several days of intensive training for...
