Cory Martin
Illinois State Legislative Board Chairman
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TEAMSTERS CALL ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REFORM CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY LAWS
(WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters Union is calling on the federal government to reform corporate bankruptcy laws following Yellow Corp.’s filing for Chapter 11 this week. The freight company’s closure leaves 22,000 union members without work despite Teamsters at Yellow...
Boychuk to exit CSX
Boychuk to exit CSX CSX today announced that Executive Vice President of Operations Jamie Boychuk is leaving the company. Boychuk joined CSX in 2017, and served as assistant VP of transportation support; VP of scheduled railroading; and senior VP of network...
Governor J.B. Pritzker of Illinois today took an important step for our whole country.
At an event near Amtrak’s Chicago rail yard, the Governor announced his support for the Chicago Hub Improvement Program (CHIP). This would fix Chicago Union Station and connect it to two potential passenger-focused mainlines. Amtrak has already applied to the federal...
Rail Unions Renew Push for Safety Reforms 6 Months After East Palestine Disaster
Rail Unions Renew Push for Safety Reforms 6 Months After East Palestine Disaster Six months after a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, railroad workers on Thursday urged Congress to pass...
Norfolk Southern Claims CSX Track Squeeze In Del. Suit
Norfolk Southern Claims CSX Track Squeeze In Del. Suit Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has sued competitor CSX Transportation Inc. and a Vermont subsidiary of Pan Am Railways Inc. in Delaware's Court of Chancery, accusing CSX of "brazenly and repeatedly" violating...
DOT Stresses work in rail safety on 6 month anniversary of East Palestine derailment
DOT Stresses work in rail safety on 6 month anniversary of East Palestine derailment On August 3rd, Northeast Ohio will notch 6 months since a train laden with toxic chemicals derailed in the small town of East Palestine. The derailment pulled national...
Registration open for Legislative Representative training class, September 24-28, 2023
Registration open for Legislative Representative training class, September 24-28, 2023 The BLET Education & Training Department, in conjunction with the National Legislative Office, will conduct a class for BLET Division Legislative Representatives in Washington,...
NTSB releases final report on Missouri Amtrak crash over one year later
NTSB releases final report on Missouri Amtrak crash over one year later MENDON, Mo. — The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report Wednesday on a deadly Amtrak train crash in Mendon, Missouri. In June 2022, four people were killed and over...
BLET, BNSF reach tentative agreement on paid sick leave, improvements to work schedules for locomotive engineers
BLET, BNSF reach tentative agreement on paid sick leave, improvements to work schedules for locomotive engineers On August 1, the BLET announced it had reached a tentative system-wide agreement with the BNSF Railway that will significantly benefit locomotive...
BWMED Sues BNSF for it’s depletion of MOW Workforce and Increased Contracting Out
The BMWED has sued BNSF Railway in federal court to combat the carrier’s bad faith in dealing with the Union by its depletion of its Maintenance of Way workforce and its blatant disregard of contractual obligations intended to protect our members and their work. Since...