May 18, 2025 | Commuter Rail, News, Top News
NEWARK — This afternoon, May 18, the BLET and NJ Transit reached a tentative agreement, ending a strike that began Friday. Union members will return to work and trains will begin running on their regular schedules Tuesday, May 20. Terms of the agreement will be sent...
May 17, 2025 | Mexico, News, Take Action, Top News
The BLET is urging all active and retired members throughout the United States to join our effort to protect the U.S. border from Mexico and save American jobs. Two Class I railroads —Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Union Pacific (UP) — are moving forward with...
May 15, 2025 | News, Top News
For Immediate Release May 15, 2025 • Contact: Jamie Horwitz, 202-549-4921, jhdcpr@starpower.net Trains Will Not Run Friday at NJ Transit No Deal Reached on a Wage Increase Management Walks Out of Contract Talks Forcing a Strike NEWARK — After 15-hours of non-stop...
May 15, 2025 | Amtrak, GCA Elections, News, Top News
Pat Darcy was reelected to the office of General Chairman at the Amtrak General Committee of Adjustment’s (GCA) quadrennial meeting in San Antonio, Texas, on May 6, 2025. The BLET’s Amtrak GCA represents more than 2,000 active and retired locomotive engineers and...
May 15, 2025 | CSX, GCA Elections, News, Top News
General Chairman Brian Farkas was reelected last week during the CSXT-Northern Lines General Committee of Adjustment’s quadrennial meeting at the National Division headquarters in Independence, Ohio. The CSXT-Northern Lines GCA comprises 26 Divisions and represents...
May 14, 2025 | Mexico, News, Take Action, Top News
Two Class I railroads are moving forward with plans to take jobs away from American train crews by bringing trains from Mexico into the United States using Mexican train crews. BLET members are urged to inform Congress about this risky situation and ask for their help...
May 13, 2025 | CSX, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
The BLET has reached a tentative agreement with CSX Transportation that will significantly benefit locomotive engineers. If ratified by the members, the tentative agreement would provide compounded general wage increases of 18.77 percent. Engineers would also earn...
May 12, 2025 | News, Top News
April 30 marked the 125th anniversary of the fatal train wreck that made Casey Jones a household name. Most people have heard of the brave locomotive engineer named Casey Jones through popular culture. But not everyone knows that he was, in fact, a member of our...
May 12, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
The National Mediation Board (NMB) has summoned the BLET and NJ Transit back to Washington D.C. for a last-ditch effort to reach a contract settlement ahead of this week’s strike deadline. The parties will meet on Monday, May 12. A strike or lock-out could begin as...
May 9, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
The BLET National Division has produced a television commercial on behalf of its NJ Transit members, which will run on cable in New Jersey next week. The ad outlines the union’s position on locomotive engineer wages in advance of a potential strike or lock-out at NJT...
