BLET News

(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, May 1, 2018) LAVAL, QC — The Canada Industrial Relations Board will conduct the vote on Canadian Pacific’s (CP) final offer from May 14 to May 23, union officials today learned. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) is urging their members to reject the company’s offer. Out of good…

(Source: Palestine Herald-Press, May 1, 2018) PALESTINE, Texas — Local residents who suffered property loss during the 2016 flood say they continue to incur damages. And they’re blaming what they call the railroad’s faulty culverts. A federal lawsuit, filed in April, could involve hundreds of millions of dollars and nearly 50 counties. It alleges Union…

(Source: Springfield News-Leader, April 30, 2018) SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Seymour man won more than $5 million last week in a case against BNSF Railway Co. after suffering injuries on two separate occasions in the company’s Springfield rail yard. Full story: Springfield News-Leader Tuesday, May 1, 2018

(Source: DeSmog Canada, April 27, 2018) VICTORIA, B.C. — In the weeks since Kinder Morgan’s announcement that it was suspending all “non-essential spending” on the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline, we’ve seen yet another round of concerns about a spike in the shipping of oil by rail. Full story: DeSmog Canada Monday, April 30, 2018

By Dennis R. Pierce BLET National President INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 28 — Every year, too many American workers are injured or killed in on-the-job accidents. Countless others get sick or become disabled because of workplace exposures to hazardous materials and conditions. Each year on April 28, we recognize Workers Memorial Day to commemorate and honor…