Posts by William Wallace
On the Right Track: 2015 Triennial Election manual now online
CLEVELAND, July 14 — The 2015 edition of “On the Right Track,” the Local Division nomination and election procedure manual, is now available for download from the BLET website. Triennial elections for BLET Divisions are being held this year, and nominations will be held at each Division’s first regular meeting in September of 2015. The…
Read MoreBLET announces restructured Safety Task Force
CLEVELAND, June 26 — The BLET National Division is restructuring its Safety Task Force (STF), BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce announced today. The group will maintain a list of Primary Investigators, as in the past, but has eliminated its list of secondary volunteers. National Secretary-Treasurer Stephen J. Bruno will continue serving as Chairman of…
Read MorePresident Pierce discusses two-person train crews and safety in radio interview
CLEVELAND, May 29 — On May 27, BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce conducted an interview with America’s Work Force, a daily labor-radio program. Among other items, President Pierce discussed the BLET’s efforts to maintain two-person train crews in the rail industry, H.R. 1763 (the Safe Freight Act), and the ongoing battle to resist single-person…
Read MoreDecember 2, 2013 HOS Manual
The following is the Hours of Service Compliance Manual put out by the Federal Railroad Administration dated December 2, 2013. It is a large file but it contains a lot of good information. HOS Manual Final 120213
Read MoreBLET statement on Amtrak train 188 derailment
CLEVELAND, May 16 — As part of its party status agreement with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) does not make official comments about the details of any ongoing accident investigation, nor does BLET speculate on the events that may have contributed to such an accident during…
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