August 1, 2025 | News, Teamsters, Top News
The Teamsters Scholarship Fund (TSF) awarded scholarships to 48 children of BLET members for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. The winning BLET families represent all factions of the union, including members who work at passenger and freight lines as well as short...
July 31, 2025 | News, Obituary, Top News
Ross Rowland was a rail enthusiast and a champion for the preservation of steam locomotives for decades. He was named an honorary BLET member in the early 1970s. Photo from the BLET archives ____________________ Ross Rowland, one of only 16 lifetime honorary members...
July 31, 2025 | News, Tentative Contract, Top News
The tentative contract includes general wage increases and a potential retention payment. Ballots are due by Wednesday, August 6. Photo by MOBlockLimit on Flickr ____________________ The BLET has reached a tentative agreement with the New York & Atlantic Railway...
July 30, 2025 | News, Tentative Contract, Top News
The BLET has reached a tentative five-year agreement with the Arizona Eastern Railway (AZER). If ratified by the members, it would become the first union contract for the formerly non-union workers who voted to join BLET in June 2024. The tentative agreement would...
July 30, 2025 | East Palestine-NS, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
Attendees at the Roundtable, from left: BLET Ohio SLBC John Esterly, BLET VP and NLR Vince Verna, Ohio U.S. Rep Mike Rulli (R-OH), and Division 255 LR and LC Bruce Tatgenhorst. ____________________ Leaders of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division...
July 29, 2025 | News, NS, Top News, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — In response to today’s announcement by Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) regarding a proposed merger, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) issued the following statement on behalf of its members at both carriers:...
July 28, 2025 | Mexico, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
BLET National President Mark Wallace joined America’s Work Force Union Podcast last week to discuss problems with crews from Mexico operating trains in the U.S. and why the practice, while currently limited, should be halted. President Wallace said the...
July 27, 2025 | Legislation, News, Top News, Unions
Teamsters Rail Conference affiliates BLET and BMWED have signed on to a labor-led letter asking Congress to swiftly correct a technical error in the recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBA) that caused rail workers to be excluded from the bill’s overtime...
July 25, 2025 | DOT, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has launched a “regulatory sprint,” a term that describes eliminating or changing nearly 200 safety regulations that provide safeguards for the rail industry, its workers, and the communities they serve. Under direction from...
July 24, 2025 | Amtrak, FRA, News, Top News
House Appropriations Committee Republicans last week released the draft fiscal year 2026 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development (THUD), and Related Agencies funding bill. The BLET is keeping a close eye on the proceedings as the proposed legislation...
