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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…

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Union 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…

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FRA 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…

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