CLEVELAND, October 3 — At its 35th state convention, the Nebraska State AFL-CIO passed a remote control safety resolution on September 27.
The resolution was passed after a speech by BLE International Vice-President Dale McPherson, in which he spoke about the progress of national negotiations, the Railway Labor Act, and the BLE?s possible merger with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The Nebraska State Legislative Board presented the resolution on behalf of all seven BLE Divisions in the state.
Nebraska State Legislative Board Chairman Randy Meek and the rest of the State Legislative Board thanked State AFL-CIO President Ken Mass and the delegates for their support in passing the resolution.
The Nebraska AFL-CIO joins state federations in Arizona, Texas, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Missouri and North Dakota, in passing a remote control safety resolution.
In addition to these eight AFL-CIO state federations, 36 different local communities (26 cities and 10 counties) have adopted remote control safety resolutions in the past year.
A PDF of the resolution is available at:
http://www.ble.org/pr/pdf/ez26svis.pdf