BLET News

(Source: United Steelworkers press release, January 19, 2018) LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. — The United Steelworkers (USW) welcomes today’s jury’s acquittal of three workers charged in the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic (MMA) train derailment in the heart of this community that left 47 people dead in 2013. “Nearly five years later, this verdict is a tremendous relief for…

(Source: Canadian Press, January 19, 2018) SHERBROOKE, Que. — A teary-eyed Richard Labrie, one of the three men acquitted Friday in the Lac-Megantic rail disaster, paid tribute to the 47 people killed in 2013 and said he hopes the trial delivered the answers they and local residents were looking for. Full story: CTV News Monday, January…

(Source: Reuters, January 17, 2018) LOMBARD, Ill. — Major U.S. railroads on Wednesday warned President Donald Trump of the potential financial and political consequences of scrapping the North American Free Trade Agreement and urged U.S., Mexican, and Canadian officials to find ways to modernize the accord. Full story: Reuters Thursday, January 18, 2018

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, January 12 — Each year, the BLET National Division compiles a list of scholarship opportunities available to the children of BLET members. Numerous financial aid opportunities are published here in the 2018 BLET Scholarship Directory. The scholarship opportunities vary widely. The following comprehensive list provides members and their families with contact information for…

(Source: The Hill, January 11, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation meant to accelerate the implementation of a key train safety feature, a move that follows December’s deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state. Full story: The Hill Friday, January 12, 2018