Waiting list created for Secretary-Treasurer training
Friday, November 06, 2009
The BLET Education & Training Department has created a waiting list for its Secretary-Treasurer workshop slated for December 13-16, 2009, in Cleveland.
BNSF and BLET reach tentative agreement
Friday, November 06, 2009
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the BNSF Railway have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract that would run through Dec. 31, 2014.
BLET statement on BNSF acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
BLET Acting President Paul Sorrow has spoken with BNSF Railway CEO Matt Rose regarding the railroad’s acquisition by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Brother Sorrow advised Mr. Rose that, in large part, it is the continued hard work of BLET locomotive engineers and all other union workers that has made BNSF Railway such an attractive investment target for Mr. Buffett. It is the BLET’s position that the contribution of BLET members must be recognized during the upcoming round of contract negotiations.
Teamsters support reform to National Mediation Board voting process
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa applauded the National Mediation Board’s proposal to reform the voting process for union elections at airlines and railroads.
Open enrollment begins November 1 for BLET Short Term Disability plan
Monday, November 02, 2009
Open Enrollment for 2010 under the BLET’s Short Term Disability insurance begins on November 1, 2009, and runs through December 15, 2009.
Not the time to experiment with Virginia commuter rail service
Monday, November 02, 2009
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen strongly urges both Transportation Commissions to reject the Operations Board’s recommendation and vote, instead, to award the VRE operations contract to Amtrak for another five-year period.
Limited space remains for Legislative Rep training
Monday, November 02, 2009
A limited amount of space remains for the upcoming BLET Division Legislative Representative workshop in Washington, D.C., December 6-10, 2009.
BLET, UTU challenge new HOS interpretations
Friday, October 30, 2009
The BLET and the UTU now have jointly asked the FRA to reconsider portions of their interim statement of agency policy and interpretation. The new rules would impact more than 85,000 train and engine service employees who are members of the BLET and UTU.
Story of lost Bible ends well for BLET member Pat Lynch
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Years ago, on an empty locomotive in New Mexico, an engineer and his co-worker found an old Bible that had been left behind. When no one claimed it after a week in the railroad yard''s lost and found, Pat Lynch took the tattered and torn book to his home in Bluewater Lake, N.M.
Cole Davis reelected Norfolk Southern general chairman
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Cole W. Davis was reelected to his third term as General Chairman of the BLET’s Norfolk Southern-Northern Lines General Committee of Adjustment at quadrennial meetings in Cleveland on September 30-October 2.
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