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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...

Shuster & Comstock Respond to Metrorail Closure

PRESS RELEASE Shuster & Comstock Respond to Metrorail Closure For Immediate Release: March 15, 2016 Contact: Jim Billimoria, Justin Harclerode (202) 225-9446 Washington, DC – House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and...

Amtrak Train Heading to Chicago Derails in Kansas; At Least 29 Injured

  DODGE CITY, Kan. (WLS) — At least 29 passengers were injured after an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas overnight. Amtrak Southwest Chief Train No. 4 was supposed to arrive in Chicago at 3:10 p.m. Monday from Los Angeles. But just after midnight, seven...

Metra expands close call reporting system

All 13 of Metra’s labor unions have agreed to implement the Confidential Close Call Reporting System, the agency announced Tuesday. Metra is now the first U.S. commuter railroad to have a confidential reporting system that includes every union involved in its...

Teamsters offer disaster relief assistance in Missouri

http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5810 CLEVELAND, February 17 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is offering assistance to members living in Missouri after severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding caused major damage to homes and...