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Thanksgiving

Lincoln proclaimed the first and official Thanksgiving holiday in 1863. It was during this time that Thanksgiving became an official national holiday, declared on the fourth Thursday of every November. George Washington was the first president that mentioned this term...

Thanksgiving 2016

BLET NEWS FLASH http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5911 By Dennis R. Pierce BLET National President INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, November 23 — In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, I am pleased to express my gratitude to all BLET members, officers and staff for...

IBT Election Results

HOFFA-HALL RE-ELECTED TO FIVE-YEAR TERM TO LEAD UNION International Vice Presidents, International Trustees Also Elected (WASHINGTON) – International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa, General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall, International Vice...

Thank you

Thank you to those Brothers and Sisters who have served our country. The History of Veterans Day: World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside...

Veterans Day 2016

BLET NEWS FLASH http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5906 By Dennis R. Pierce BLET National President INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, November 11 — Veterans Day is a particularly important holiday to the membership of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen....