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BLET President Pierce challenges railroads on fatigue, attendance policies
CLEVELAND, September 24 — Locomotive engineer fatigue remains a major safety issue in the railroad industry, and BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce challenged the CEOs of North America’s largest freight railroads to work with the BLET to help alleviate the issue. A less punitive approach to employee relations would go a long way toward…
Read MoreBLET families win eight Hoffa scholarships for 2015-2016 school year
CLEVELAND, September 22 — Eight BLET families were winners of scholarships from the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund for the 2015-2016 academic year, including two top-level $10,000 recipients. The $10,000 awards are renewed on an annual basis. The $1,000 awards are one-time, non-renewable scholarships. Winners of $10,000 scholarships are: • Zane Thomas, son of…
Read MoreNTSB study: ECP brakes out-perform other systems
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, July 23, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of its ongoing investigation of the derailment of a crude oil unit train in Casselton, North Dakota, today the National Transportation Safety Board produced a Train Braking Simulation Study, which it placed into the investigation docket. The study was prompted…
Read MoreOn 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…
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