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Unions counter Metra COVID vaccine mandate

CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 24, 2021 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) have responded to the suit Metra filed...

Thanksgiving 2021

By Dennis R. Pierce, BLET National President On behalf of the BLET Advisory Board, I wish you all a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.

Vaccine cases with two Rail Carriers consolidated in Illinois court

On November 17, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois consolidated multiple lawsuits that had been filed in the Illinois federal court, including ones by the BLET and two other rail unions challenging two Class I carriers’ implementation of COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

GA-46000 Lifetime maximum adjusted for 2022

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, November 19 — 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 $175,700 to $182,700 on January 1, 2022. At the end of 2001, Labor and...

Veterans Day 2021

By Dennis R. Pierce BLET National President INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, November 11 — On this Veterans Day, we are proud and humbled to honor our veterans and pay tribute to their sacrifices that have made our country free and strong. Veterans Day is an important day of...

Pierce reelected CRLO Chairman

BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce was reelected by acclamation as Chairman of the Cooperating Railway Labor Organizations (CRLO) during October 28’s CRLO business meeting. The CRLO is a group of 12 Rail Labor unions that sit together to oversee the collectively...

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