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May 21 update from Railroad Retirement Board’s Labor Member

May 22, 2020

(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 21 — In my last update, I explained that Phase 2 of the Railroad Retirement Board’s (RRB) CARES Act implementation plan was targeted for completion by the end of May. Phase…

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RRB issues statements of service, Form BA-6

May 13, 2020

(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, May 11, 2020) CHICAGO — Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a Form BA-6, Certificate of Service Months and Compensation, for every railroad employee with creditable railroad compensation in the previous calendar year. The RRB will mail the forms to employees during the first half of June.…

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Railroaders may be eligible for pandemic unemployment benefits

April 27, 2020

(Source: Progressive Railroading 04/27/2020) Railroaders may be eligible for benefits under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) that was established under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, according to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). The U.S. Department of Labor has advised the RRB’s general counsel that PUA…

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April 24 update from the Railroad Retirement Board Labor Member

April 24, 2020

https://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=12338 (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 – I wanted to send out another update on what is going on at the agency. We have received inquiries regarding Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) that was established under the CARES…

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