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Illinois Workers’ Memorial Day Events

  On Thursday, April 28, working families across the nation recognize Workers Memorial Day.  I encourage you to join your union brothers and sisters as they honor those who have lost their lives on the job and pledge to continue the fight for safer workplaces....

In The Line of Duty

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen   In the Line of Duty: BLET member Jeffrey A. Harsh, a member of BLET Division 882 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was killed in a railroad accident on March 26, 2016. Brother Harsh was 43 years old. Click to read the full...

Illinois Railway engineers, trainmen ratify first BLET contract

Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) ratified their first union contract with the Illinois Railway LLC last week, the union announced. Negotiations for an agreement began after the railroad’s train and engine service employees...

FRA advances rulemaking for two-person train crews

BLET NEWS FLASH http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5818 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 15 — On Tuesday, March 15, The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) establishing minimum requirements for the size of train...