December 17, 2024 | News, Top News
BLET members at NJT have protested publicly numerous times against management’s misplaced priorities. They have been seeking a new labor agreement since October 2019. ____________________ On December 9, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced the resignation...
December 16, 2024 | Health & Welfare, Legislation, News, Top News
On December 11, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), an authorization bill for national defense, which included an amendment for the REEF Act. This provision would fully restore unemployment and...
December 16, 2024 | News, Railroad Safety, Teamsters, Top News
BLET members and their families are advised that the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund has begun accepting applications for the 2025 award year. The Fund awards financial scholarships to the sons, daughters and financial dependents of Teamster members...
December 13, 2024 | News, Top News
Brother James Daddino (holding plaque) is presented with the “Engineer of the Year” award by (from left to right) Karl Bischoff, Bret Becker and Kevin Sexton. ____________________ BLET Division 269 and the Long Island Rail Road General Committee of Adjustment honored...
December 12, 2024 | DOL, DOT, News, Teamsters, Top News
President-elect Trump has announced his intention to fill two cabinet-level positions of particular interest for the BLET and its members: the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Labor. Former Wisconsin Representative Sean Duffy has been nominated by...
December 12, 2024 | Contract Agreement, News, Top News
Members of the BLET on December 5 ratified a new contract with the Indiana Southern Railroad (ISRR). The on-property agreement governs rates of pay, benefits, and work rules for 13 BLET locomotive engineers and conductors. The five-year deal runs through the end of...
December 11, 2024 | News, Top News
Two BLET members were reunited in a hospital on November 26 for the first time since one came to the other’s rescue during a harrowing ordeal on the job in October. The quick-thinking and decisive actions of conductor Tim McMakin on October 27 likely saved the life of...
December 11, 2024 | Contract Agreement, News, Organizing, SLB Elections, Top News
BLET members this week ratified a new contract with the Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR). The on-property agreement governs rates of pay, benefits, and work rules for 24 BLET operating employees. The five-year deal runs through the end of 2029 and provides general...
December 10, 2024 | FRA, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
FRA Administrator Amit Bose (center) with BLET members, officers, and staff at the FRA’s Rail Share meeting. ____________________ Representatives from the BLET’s National Legislative Office, along with a large contingent of BLET State Legislative Board Chairmen,...
December 5, 2024 | Health & Welfare, News, Top News
The lifetime maximum benefit for the Railroad Employees National Early Retirement Major Medical Benefit Plan (also known as ERMA or GA-46000) will increase from $195,100 to $202,900 on January 1, 2025. At the end of 2001, Labor and Management agreed on various...
