BLET News
Local Chairmen from BNSF/MRL GCA complete two-year training workshop
Attention all members at Metra: Replacement ballots now available
Open enrollment now underway for Health FSA
BLET continues work to advance “no tax on overtime for all” legislation
Potential government shutdown would affect FRA, NMB, STB, RRB
Arizona Eastern members enjoy improved pay, benefits, and morale thanks to first BLET contract
Hybrid training expands opportunities for Division Secretary-Treasurers
BLET’s LIRR members vote to authorize a strike at the right time and if needed; BLET-led coalition of rail unions, in an unusual move, call on the White House to establish a PEB
Attention all Union Pacific locomotive engineers: Replacement ballots now available
Chicago: BLET announces tentative agreement for Metra-UP Line locomotive engineers
Capitol Hill: BLET takes members’ top issues to Congress during Teamsters annual Political Coordinators Meeting
SAVE THE DATE: 2026 BLET regional meetings will be held in New Orleans and Chicago
Missouri: Congressman again seeks to overturn two-person crew rule
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Rail Industry News
Railroads spurn C3RS, a safety system designed to prevent accidents
(Source: Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, August 23, 2025) Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call...
NS agrees to give Amtrak highest priority over freight trains and make its delay records for Amtrak trains available to the DOJ
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice press release, September 9, 2025) The Justice Department today announced a settlement with Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (together, Norfolk Southern) to resolve allegations that Norfolk Southern...
Trump nominates rail consultant Kloster to STB, re-nominates Schults
(Source: Freight Waves, September 11, 2025) President Trump has nominated railroad industry consultant Richard Kloster for an initial five-year term as a member of the Surface Transportation Board, and re-nominated current member Michelle Schultz, FreightWaves has...
Trump fires STB Board member Robert Primus
(Source: Trains.com, August 28, 2025) President Donald J. Trump yesterday fired Surface Transportation Board member Robert E. Primus, breaking a 2-2 partisan split at the rail regulator while leaving it two members short of full strength just months before it is...
Citing lives at risk, BLET urges UP to allow trail to stunning waterfall in Northern California
(Source: Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2025) About 10 times each day, giant freight trains pass along a narrow section of track along the Sacramento River in far Northern California where engineers on the locomotives regularly tense up with stress. “Every single time,...
BNSF reports Q2 2025 results
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 5, 2025) BNSF Railway Co. recently reported second-quarter revenue of $5.7 billion, which was flat compared with second-quarter 2024’s mark. The Class I’s operating income and net income in the quarter climbed 19%...
OSHA orders UP to reinstate engineer, provide $300K in back pay
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, August 6, 2025) DALLAS – A federal whistleblower investigation found that Union Pacific Railroad Co. violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act by terminating a railroad engineer after the employee reported and sought...
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