Archive for October 2022
BLET members to begin voting November 1 on tentative national agreement
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, October 28 — Ballots will be mailed Monday, October 31, to approximately 24,000 BLET members and voting will begin on November 1 regarding the tentative national agreement. Ballots are due on November 20 by 11:59 p.m. ET. A copy of the tentative national agreement and a list of Questions and Answers (Q&As) are…
Read MoreUnion Pacific CEO Goes Off the Rails Chasing Profits
Opinion by Thomas Black. (Source: Bloomberg.com 10/20/2022) By Thomas Black October 20, 2022 at 1:19 PM PDT Union Pacific Corp. is doubling down on its goal of boosting its operating profit margin to 45%, about 5 percentage points from where it’s running so far this year. Rising profit margins are usually a good thing; they keep…
Read MoreRetiring Vice Presidents Pruitt, Priester address delegates as Fifth National Convention adjourns
LAS VEGAS, October 19 — Delegates on October 13 heard farewell addresses from retiring National Division officers Lee Pruitt and Mike Priester as the Fifth National Convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) came to a close. President Pierce recognized three additional members of the Advisory Board who were not in attendance…
Read MoreFRA Administrator Bose talks safety on Day 3 of BLET’s Fifth National Convention
LAS VEGAS, October 13 — “The BLET and the FRA have a shared commitment to make sure rail operations are safe,” said Amit Bose, the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in remarks to the Fifth National Convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Wednesday. With renewal of the Rail Safety Advisory…
Read MoreVideo: Labor Secretary Marty Walsh addresses BLET delegates
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh thanked railroad workers during his speech to delegates attending the BLET’s Fifth National Convention on Tuesday afternoon, October 11. Click here to see a video of his comments: https://youtu.be/Yi_tqOdLM6Q .
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