BLET News

Open Enrollment is NOW through May 31st, 2016. Coverage begins on 6/1/2016. Click here to view more information and rates. Click Here to Enroll We are pleased to inform you that the BLET/UP Western Region is currently in a new member open enrollment with Lincoln Financial Group. All of the available coverages are offered separately and…

(Source: Union Pacific press release, May 2, 2016) SPRING, Texas — Union Pacific plans to invest $513 million in 2016 to improve Texas’s transportation infrastructure. The company’s multi-million dollar private investment will enhance employee, community and customer safety and increase rail operating efficiency. Freight railroads like Union Pacific operate on track built and maintained without…

(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 3, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A short circuit on Washington’s Metrorail system that caused thick smoke to fill a stranded train, killing one passenger and injuring 91 people on Jan. 12, 2015, was the result of WMATA failing to follow its own safety procedures and inadequate safety…

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 15 — Approximately 150 members, officers, dignitaries and guests were in attendance yesterday at a dedication ceremony for the new National Division headquarters building of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) in Independence, Ohio. Headquartered in downtown Cleveland since 1870, the BLET is the oldest labor union in North America.…

(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, March 8, 2016) CHICAGO — Employers and employees covered by the Railroad Retirement Act pay higher retirement taxes than those covered by the Social Security Act, so that railroad retirement benefits remain higher than social security benefits, especially for “career” employees who have 30 or more years of service. The…