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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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