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Brother Tim Simmons
The sudden passing of Brother Tim Simmons "Pork Chop" Metra Locomotive Engineer from Division 294 Legislative Representative, 1st Vice Alternate Chairman. "May we ever be mindful that although Brother Simmons has departed from our midst, we will remember him and our...
CREATE partners seek $160 million INFRA grant from feds
Rail News: Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program (CREATE)partners yesterday submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation seeking a $160 million Infrastructure For Rebuilding America(INFRA) grant for several freight-...
Trump nominates Westmoreland to serve on Amtrak’s board
Rail News: Railroading People Leon "Lynn" Westmoreland President Donald Trump has nominated former U.S. Rep. Leon "Lynn" Westmoreland of Georgia to serve a five-year term on Amtrak's board. A Republican, Westmoreland served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 12...
National Negotiations update: Coordinated Bargaining Group unions reach tentative national contract agreement
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, October 5 — Rail Unions making up the Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG) announced today that they have reached a Tentative National Agreement with the Nation’s Freight Rail Carriers. The CBG is comprised of six unions: the American Train...
Teamsters offer disaster relief assistance in Florida
http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5996 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, September 15 — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is offering Disaster Relief assistance to members living in Florida after Hurricane Irma damaged homes and property beginning on September...
STB rejects Great Lakes Basin’s freight-rail line proposal
9/1/2017 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation The Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday rejected Great Lakes Basin Transportation Inc.'s (GLBT) application to build and operate a 261-mile freight-rail line in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin....
BLET relaunches Perrien Fund to assist members with Hurricane Harvey relief
BLET NEWS FLASH http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5988 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 30 — The BLET’s National Division Advisory Board approved a recommendation from BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce today to re-activate and expand its Gary Perrien Fund...
For some lawmakers, frustration a factor in leaving legislature
At least 19 of the 177 House and Senate members on hand at the beginning of the current General Assembly in January aren’t running in 2018. [Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register] By Bernard Schoenburg Political Writer Posted Aug 27, 2017 at 12:01 AMUpdated...
BLET opens Myrtle Beach regional meeting
BLET NEWS FLASH http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5983 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., August 15 — More than 360 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and their families convened here this morning for opening ceremonies of the BLET’s second...
No More Napping on the Railroad, Says New CSX Boss
Hunter Harrison breaks with longstanding practice of paying workers for 45-minute naps; safety vs efficiency A southbound CSX freight train travels down Main Street in La Grange, KY. The change instituted by CEO Hunter Harrison eliminated more than two decades of...