President Pierce urges aid for Amtrak/commuters, condemns PSR at Senate hearing
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation at a hearing titled, “Passenger and Freight Rail: The Current Status of the Rail Network and the Track Ahead.” The hearing examined the current state of America’s passenger and freight rail network, including impacts of COVID-19, and legislative considerations for surface transportation reauthorization legislation.
President Pierce to testify at U.S. Senate hearing on October 21
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday, October 21. The hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. EDT and is titled, “Passenger and Freight Rail: The Current Status of the Rail Network and the Track Ahead.”
On the 40th anniversary of the Staggers Act, Congress should consider the collateral damage to the rail industry, and how to fix it
Monday, October 19, 2020
Below is a statement endorsed by all of the rail unions, which explains how the confluence of dramatic deregulation followed by government approval of the major merger and control transactions that left America with a handful of mega-carriers, leading to the problems currently experienced by shippers, rail workers and communities.
Pearson reelected Colorado State Legislative Board Chairman
Friday, October 16, 2020
Brother Paul E. Pearson of BLET Division 133 (Denver, Colo.) was reelected by acclamation to his second term as Chairman of the Colorado State Legislative Board at its seventh quadrennial meeting on September 24, 2020.
Logan elected UP-SR General Chairman
Monday, October 5, 2020
James Logan Jr. of BLET Division 620 (Fort Worth, Texas) was elected by acclamation to the office of General Chairman at the Union Pacific-Southern Region General Committee of Adjustment’s (UP-SR GCA) quadrennial meeting on September 8, 2020.
Amtrak workers’ rally calls on Congress to preserve jobs, fund service
Monday, September 28, 2020
Unionized Amtrak workers, led by members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers – Transportation Division (SMART-TD) and Transportation Communications International Union (TCU), will rally Sept. 30 in four major U.S. cities to urge members of Congress to provide emergency funding on the day prior to planned cuts by the nation’s major passenger rail carrier to its service and workforce.
Nunnenkamp elected Chairman of BLET Kansas State Legislative Board
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Brandon D. Nunnenkamp of Division 130 (Kansas City, Kan.) was elected Chairman of the Kansas State Legislative Board at its quadrennial meeting in Wichita, Kan., September 9-11, 2020.
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