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Blame the railroad industry and lobbyists, not the Amtrak engineer

Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University on May 19, 2016 (2) “NTSB to cite operator error in deadly Amtrak derailment.” The news story came on the eve of the National Transportation Safety Board’s...

Call To Action IL HB3755

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen/ Illinois State Legislative Board   Legislative Action CALL TO ACTION: 99th Illinois General Assembly We write to let you know that HB3755 ( Sen. Sandoval), a bill to maintain two persons on a freight train might be...

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...