Posts by William Wallace
Court upholds OSHA finding that Pan Am Railways violated Maine employee’s whistleblower rights
(Source: Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, May 10, 2017) BOSTON — A federal appeals court has affirmed that Pan Am Railways, Inc. must pay $260,000 in punitive and compensatory damages to – and take corrective action on behalf of – an employee who was subjected to retaliation for filing…
Read MoreSTB: Number of Class I train and engine service employees rises
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 22, 2017) Class Is employed 149,107 workers in the United States as of mid-April, down 0.14 percent compared with mid-March and down 2.64 percent from the year-ago figure, according to the Surface Transportation Board (STB). But on a positive note, the number of train and engine service employees working in the…
Read MoreThis is your union, and it is strongest when you are involved
By Dennis R. Pierce BLET National President (BLET Editor’s Note: The following message from BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce has been excerpted from the April 2017 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News.) INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 3 — My last President’s Message contained the text of the remarks that I prepared to present…
Read MoreKeeping unions strong in the rail industry
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following has been excerpted from the March 2017 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News. It reflects remarks given by BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce on March 22, 2017, at an ATDA training class held in conjunction with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the American Train Dispatchers…
Read MoreAction Alert: Amtrak must be fully funded
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 24 — President Trump has presented his budget to the American people, and despite making public statements that his administration would spend $1 trillion on infrastructure, his first budget proposal consists of cuts that hurt American workers. Included in this budget is the complete elimination of funding for all long distance Amtrak…
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