May 28, 2025 | Education and Training, News, Top News
The BLET Education & Training Department wrapped up its Legislative Representative Workshop in mid-May at Teamsters headquarters in Washington, D.C. The workshop for BLET Legislative Representatives (LRs) taught them how to become better lobbyists on behalf of the...
May 27, 2025 | News, Top News
BLET First Vice President Gary Best is a third-generation locomotive engineer. ____________________ Gary Best stands ready to serve the BLET and its members. His term as First Vice President, the union’s second-highest national office, began on May 1, 2025. “The BLET,...
May 22, 2025 | Commuter Rail, News, Top News
The Rotunda of the Pennsylvania State Capitol was packed in mid-May with BLET members from SEPTA and the members of other transit unions from across the state, who were joined by business leaders and transit riders urging the state legislature to support adequate...
May 21, 2025 | News, SLB Elections, Top News
Members of the BLET’s Wyoming State Legislative Board held their 2025 triennial meeting in Cheyenne, Wyo., on April 16-17. Cory Runion, a Union Pacific locomotive engineer and member of BLET Division 115 (Cheyenne, Wyo.), was reelected to his fifth term as Chairman....
May 21, 2025 | BNSF, GCA Elections, News, Top News
Jeff Thurman was reelected by acclamation to his fourth term as General Chairman of the BNSF (former SLSF)/MNA General Committee of Adjustment (GCA) at the GCA’s quadrennial meeting on May 14, 2025. The GCA represents 1,150 active and retired members from 15 different...
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...
