Two online hazmat training classes for rail workers available in February, March
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Rail Workers Hazardous Materials Training Program, is offering two virtual classes in February and March 2022: a 10-hour OSHA General Industry Course and an 8-hour DOT Hazardous Materials Awareness Course.
BLET and SMART-TD seek immediate federal government investigation of carrier attendance policies
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
By letter dated January 31, 2022, BLET and SMART-TD are seeking review by both the Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Transportation of all Class I attendance policies. In a joint letter to Labor Secretary Martin Walsh and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson and BLET President Dennis Pierce ask the secretaries to immediately investigate all Carrier attendance policies that refuse to provide exceptions for fatigue-related absences, as well as those that refuse to provide exceptions for illness-related absences.
Update in BLET, SMART-TD attendance dispute at BNSF
Friday, January 28, 2022
BLET and SMART-TD members employed by BNSF Railway continue to labor under a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which was issued on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
URGENT NOTICE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL BNSF EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND TRAINMEN REGARDING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
URGENT NOTICE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL BNSF EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND TRAINMEN REGARDING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER (PDF)
BLET to conduct virtual training for Local Chairman
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
The BLET Education and Training Department will conduct two virtual training classes for Local Chairman via Zoom from the BLET National Division headquarters in Independence, Ohio.
Rail Labor’s largest coalition reaches dead end on path to voluntary agreement
Monday, January 24, 2022
After more than two years of bargaining with the major U.S. Class 1 railroads, discussions completely stalled last week. Accordingly, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Railway Labor Act, top leaders of 10 rail unions applied to the National Mediation Board (NMB) for the assignment of a federal mediator to assist in our negotiations.
BLET to host virtual training for LM-2 filers
Friday, January 21, 2022
The BLET Education and Training Department will conduct a workshop for all Secretary-Treasurers who file LM-2 reports for their General Committee of Adjustment (GCA), Division, or State Legislative Board. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this workshop will be held virtually on March 1-3, 2022.
Pierce appoints Luke Myers to President’s Staff
Friday, January 21, 2022
BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce announced today that Division 727 Local Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer Luke W. Myers has been appointed to a position of the President’s Staff, effective January 1, 2022.
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