February 27, 2025 | News, Top News
Blake Stephens of BLET Division 863 (left) helps Texas State Legislative Board Chairman Ben Wright get up close and personal with a western diamondback rattlesnake at the Texas Capitol. ____________________ Some people equate lobbying activity with snake handling....
February 26, 2025 | News, Top News
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is widely known as a civil rights leader, as a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and as a skilled orator. It’s also important to remember that Dr. King’s vision extended beyond racial equality to include organizing for better working and...
February 25, 2025 | News, Top News, Unions
Union members protesting anti-worker legislation at the state capital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo: Associated Press ____________________ A regressive collective bargaining ban that strips Utah’s public sector workers of their long-held worker rights was passed by...
February 24, 2025 | News, Teamsters, Top News
As a reminder, March 1 is the deadline to apply for financial aid from the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund. Academic scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 are available to high school seniors who are the sons/daughters/financial dependents of Teamster...
February 21, 2025 | News, Obituary, Top News
Robert D. (“Bob”) Broka, who served the BLET National Division as Director of Records, passed away on February 13. He was 77 years old. Broka began working for the Brotherhood in 1970 and retired in 2010. His 40 years of service spanned the administration of 11...
February 20, 2025 | Legislation, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
Members of the BLET’s New Mexico State Legislative Board, from left: Gil Tafoya, Div. 791; Steve Seale, Div. 192; Gilbert Montiel, Div. 446; Clem Harris, Div. 15; Charlie Jeffcoat, Div. 811; and Mike Willis, Div. 446. (Not pictured: Alvin Largo, Div. 400)...
February 19, 2025 | Legislation, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
The BLET is backing new bipartisan legislation to improve railroad safety recently introduced by members of the 119th Congress. Vice President J.D. Vance also called for common sense rail safety legislation recently and indicated that the administration would support...
February 18, 2025 | News, Top News
Roughly 325 passengers were quickly evacuated just before a SEPTA commuter train went up in flames on February 6 near Crum Lynne Station in Ridley Park, Pa. The six-car train was traveling from Philadelphia, Pa. to Newark, Del. when it caught fire, causing significant...
February 18, 2025 | News, Tentative Contract, Top News
BLET members are continuing to vote on a tentative contract with Alstom governing rates of pay, benefits, and work rules for members who operate Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) trains in the Washington-Baltimore area. Ballots are due by Thursday, February 20, at...
February 17, 2025 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
To better understand how rail labor and management reach agreements on rates of pay and work rules, the BLET has produced a series of briefs, Understanding collective bargaining under the Railway Labor Act, explaining how the Railway Labor Act (RLA) of 1926 works....
