Archive for February 20, 2018
BLET names Lyons to advisory board
(Source: Progressive Railroading 02/16/2018) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) Advisory Board elected William Lyons as national division trustee. He succeeds outgoing trustee Matt Wilson, who has retired. Lyons serves as general chairman of the CSX-Northern Lines’ General Committee of Adjustment, which represents nearly 3,000 active and retired members. He was elected to his first…
Read MorePTC hearing: Amtrak to suspend operations over non-compliant routes after 2018
(Source: Progressive Railroading 02/16/2018) Amtrak will consider suspending service on tracks that don’t have positive train control (PTC) in place by the Dec. 31 deadline, the railroad’s president told a House subcommittee yesterday. President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson told the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials that there will be carriers over which Amtrak…
Read MoreUP facing dozens of lawsuits alleging cancer-causing substances in workplace
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, February 15, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — A dozen former Union Pacific workers have filed identical lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Omaha, saying they were exposed to cancer-causing materials in violation of federal law while working the trains, yards, shops and tracks of the Omaha-based freight railroad. Full story: Omaha World-Herald Tuesday, February…
Read More46 former workers file wrongful termination lawsuit against CSX
(Source: Herald-Dispatch, February 18, 2018) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Forty-six former railroad workers are suing CSX for alleged wrongful termination, according to court documents filed Friday at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Huntington Division. The documents allege CSX refused to allow the employees to take legitimate medical leaves of absence,…
Read MoreVice President Tolman testifies before House on PTC
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 15 — BLET Vice President and National Legislative Representative John P. Tolman urged Congress, the railroads, and governmental regulators to ensure that Positive Train Control (PTC) is fully implemented by the current deadline of December 31, 2018. During his testimony, Vice President Tolman also discussed the problem of electronic device distraction (Trip…
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