BLET News
Teamsters statement on murder of George Floyd
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 31, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from James P. Hoffa, Teamsters General President, and Marcus King, Director of the Teamsters Human Rights and Diversity Commission. “This past week marked another tragic time in our nation’s history with the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.…
Read MoreUnion Pacific extends shutdown of De Soto car shops
(Source: My Leader Paper, May 31, 2020) FESTUS, Mo. — The Union Pacific railroad is extending its temporary shutdown of the De Soto car shops to late June, the company announced in a May 21 letter to employees. Full story: www.myleaderpaper.com Monday, June 1, 2020
Read MoreMay 29 update and press release from the Railroad Retirement Board Labor Member; RRB begins paying CARES Act recovery payments for unemployed rail workers
https://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=12355 (BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.) CHICAGO, May 29 – In last week’s update, I advised that program testing was underway and that we anticipated making the first payments under Phase 2 of the agency’s CARES Act plan…
Read MoreBLET’s 2020 Cincinnati regional meeting postponed
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 28 — The BLET National Division is postponing its Cincinnati, Ohio, regional meeting that was originally scheduled for August 17-21, 2020. The postponement is due to the continuing, widespread restrictions on movement and travel as well as limitations on the size of gatherings due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The BLET plans…
Read MoreFeds must design a plan to conquer COVID-19
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 27, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The coronavirus pandemic has ravaged this country during the past 10 weeks, taking the lives of some 100,000 Americans and jeopardizing the health of millions more. But a deeper dive into those statistics find that people of color – African Americans, Latinos and…
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