July 14, 2025 | News, Top News
P42 no. 176 pushes the Heartland Flyer north toward Tower 60 in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo by Matt Shell ____________________ Thanks to the continued efforts of the BLET and Teamsters, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) voted on July 10 to fund...
July 13, 2025 | News, Regional Meetings, Top News
Mount Rainier is a must-see icon of the Washington landscape. Ascending to 14,410 feet above sea level it is located less than 60 miles south of Seattle. ____________________ Registration continues for the BLET’s 2025 Western Regional Meeting in Bellevue, Wash.,...
July 10, 2025 | News, Railroad Retirement, Top News
The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) administers the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), which provides qualified railroaders with unemployment benefits when they become unemployed but are ready, willing, and able to work, and sickness benefits when they cannot...
July 9, 2025 | AAR Freight Trends, News, Top News
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) solicited public feedback on possible federal safety regulations that could be repealed or modified to achieve “meaningful burden reduction while continuing to meet statutory obligations and ensure the...
July 9, 2025 | News, Top News
All BLET members with adolescent children going on to higher education, whether it be for trade school, associate, bachelor or graduate degrees, please take notice. The Franklin P. Greene Fund, established in 1956, is an educational loan fund set up to assist the...
July 8, 2025 | Mexico, News, Take Action, Top News
Division 566 Local Chairman Rick Perez (left) and UP-Southern Region GCA General Chairman Scott Alexander are interviewed in BLET’s cross-border video. ____________________ The BLET has produced a short video outlining the safety and security threats that are...
July 8, 2025 | News, Obituary, Top News
Former BLE International President Clarence V. Monin passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 26. He was 84 years old. He served in the union’s highest office from 1996-1998. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Monin family in their time of loss,” said...
July 6, 2025 | News, Regional Meetings, Top News
Registration continues for the BLET’s 2025 Western Regional Meeting in Bellevue, Wash., located across Lake Washington from Seattle. The meeting, scheduled for the week of August 18, will take place at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue, 900 Bellevue Way NE, Wash., 98004,...
July 6, 2025 | Contract Agreement, News, Top News
BLET members on June 26 ratified a new five-year agreement with the Terminal Railway-Alabama State Docks (TRASD). The BLET represents 14 members at the railroad, and the vote was 10-2 in favor of the new deal. The contract provides retroactive pay dating to 2023 as...
July 3, 2025 | Legislation, News, Top News
Rail workers got the short end of the stick when Congress passed the massive federal spending and tax package — known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBB) — on July 3. The bill’s “No Tax on Overtime” provision (Section 70202) was crafted in such a way as to...
