Posts by William Wallace
FRA Clarification of “Smartwatch” Rule
The question from BLET: May an employee wear a device like a “Garmin Vivofit” or “Fitbit” wristband that acts like a watch, and counts the steps that an individual takes each day? The devices are not searching for the internet, or Wifi, to do this and must be synchronized with Bluetooth on a separate device. …
Read MoreRatification Results and Pre-Arrangement Agreement
Ratification results for the vacation administration, pre-arrangement of PL and Single Vacation Days pilot, and preponderance of service/local chairman vacation float agreements. [pdf-embedder url=”http://wrgca.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/21406-Memo-052716-Ratif-Results-Vacation-Agrmnts-w-att.pdf”] Pre-Arrangement Overview [pdf-embedder url=”http://wrgca.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Pre-Arranged-TEY-Overview-edited-for-Engineers.pdf”]
Read MoreBLET regional meeting reminder: Hotel deadline is June 16 for Chicago, July 11 for Long Beach
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 26 — Registration continues for the BLET’s two regional meetings in 2016 — July 11-14 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, and August 22-25 at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, California. Both meetings will be filled with educational opportunities and entertaining leisure time activities. In Chicago, guests will stay at…
Read MoreTwo person crews are the safest
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following message from BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce has been excerpted from the Winter 2015 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Journal.) INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 9 — For well more than half a century railroads have used locomotive and train control technology to eliminate operating craft jobs. Whether it…
Read MorePalmer reelected to fifth term as Oregon State Legislative Board Chairman
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 6 — Brother Scott G. Palmer, Division 842 (Klamath Falls, Oregon) was reelected by acclamation to a fifth term as Chairman of the Oregon State Legislative Board at the Board’s triennial meeting in Portland, Oregon, on May 3, 2016. A BNSF locomotive engineer, Brother Palmer hired out with the Burlington Northern in…
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