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Rail Industry News

Take a video tour of Amtrak’s new Acela

(Source: Railway Age, October 28, 2020) NEW YORK — In a newly released video, Amtrak Vice President Northeast Corridor Service Line Caroline Decker takes viewers on a tour of the onboard amenities and features that customers will be able to enjoy when the next...

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Norfolk Southern monitors Hurricane Zeta

(Source: Norfolk Southern service alert, October 28, 2020) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern continues to monitor Hurricane Zeta which is now a Category 2 hurricane that is currently affecting the Gulf Coast and will make landfall along the central gulf coast early this...

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BLET News

Watts memorial fund established for fallen Brother

A memorial fund has been established for the family of Brother Stanley L. Watts, 43, a Norfolk Southern engineer who was killed in a switching accident in Kankakee, Ill., on February 8.

In the line of duty: Stanley L. Watts

Stanley L. Watts, Secretary-Treasurer of BLET Division 354 (Kankakee, Ill.), was killed in the line of duty on February 8 following a switching accident at a Norfolk Southern yard in Kankakee, Ill.

Risk reduction plans for railroads need employee input

Teamsters Rail Conference affiliates Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) were joined by five other rail unions in submitting comments to the Federal Railroad Administration on February 6 regarding implementation of a Congressionally ordered Risk Reduction Program (RRP).

Update from BLET Tax Compliance department

Internal Revenue Service regulations require the BLET National Division to inform its members that a certain portion of your National Division dues are not tax deductible as a miscellaneous itemized deduction on your personal tax returns.

Implementing the agenda

By Dennis R. Pierce
BLET National President

We face many hurdles in this New Year, but the BLET is taking the steps needed to insure that the membership’s needs come first and foremost.

Mike Wolly appointed BLET general counsel

BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce has announced that Michael S. Wolly, senior principal of the law firm of Zwerdling, Paul, Kahn & Wolly, P.C., which is headquartered in Washington, D.C., has been appointed General Counsel of the union effective February 1.

2011 BLET Scholarship Directory

Each year, the BLET National Division compiles a list of scholarship opportunities available to the children of BLET members. Numerous financial aid opportunities are published here in the 2011 BLET Scholarship Directory.

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