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BLET members ratify CN-IC contract

  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 7 – By a better than 2-to-1 margin, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the Canadian National’s former Illinois Central property on May...

Division 665 LR Danny Friend

          Danny J. Friend March 18, 1956 – February 21, 2018 View/Sign Guest Book| Danny J. Friend, 61, of New Baden, IL, born Mar. 18, 1956 in St. Louis, MO, died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Centralia, IL. Danny was an engineer for...

James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund

BLET NEWS FLASH James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund begins accepting applications from sons and daughters of Teamsters for 2018 http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=6057 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, January 8 — The James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund is now...

BLET members ratify national contract

BLET NEWS FLASH INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, December 1 — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC). The Agreement was reached as a result...

Metra Is Trying Something New to Curb Its Suicide Problem

There’s no easy fix, but with incidents on the rail system increasing, officials are trying to tackle this hard-to-talk-about issue. BY KIM BELLWARE PUBLISHED MONDAY AT 3:10 P.M ILLUSTRATION: BRIAN STAUFFER Early in his career in the 1980s, Paul Piekarski faced the...

Brother Tim Simmons

 The sudden passing of Brother Tim Simmons “Pork Chop” Metra Locomotive Engineer from Division 294 Legislative Representative, 1st Vice Alternate Chairman. “May we ever be mindful that although Brother Simmons has departed from our midst, we will...