Limited space remains for Local Chairman Workshop in November
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Limited space remains for a BLET Local Chairman Workshop, which will be conducted by the Education & Training Department, on the campus of the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Md. The workshop begins on Sunday, November 2, and ends the evening of Thursday, November 6.
Teamsters rail conference statement on Metrolink accident
Thursday, September 18, 2008
The following statement is from Ed Rodzwicz, the president of the Teamsters Rail Conference and National President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) about the Metrolink railroad accident in Chatsworth, Calif.:
Flexible Spending Account will provide real savings
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Registration for the money-saving Flexible Spending Account (FSA) begins next month, and BLET members are encouraged to take advantage of this valuable new health and welfare benefit. The program allows BLET members to pay for doctor co-pays and other medical expenses with pretax dollars.
In the Line of Duty: Philip T. Myers
Friday, September 12, 2008
A BLET member working as an employee of the Indiana Rail Road died on September 10 after a tanker derailed at low speed from a rail spur at a Terre Haute company that makes railroad ties.
SWCM poker tournament to raise money for scholarship fund
Friday, September 12, 2008
Openings are available for the Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament at the BLET’s Southwestern Convention Meeting (SWCM) this coming weekend. Seventy-five percent of the proceeds from the tournament go to support the SWCM’s Scholarship Fund.
Railroad worker relief fund seeks donations
Friday, September 12, 2008
As in 2005 after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a Railroad Relief Fund has been set up to benefit the Southern Region BLET members who have been seriously impacted by Hurricane Gustav and now Hurricane Ike.
Teamsters offer Disaster Relief assistance in Louisiana
Thursday, September 11, 2008
The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of Louisiana after Hurricane Gustav damaged homes and property on September 1.
Teamsters, BLET conducting post-9/11 rail safety and security survey
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Is the railroad industry safer and more secure today than it was seven years ago when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001? That’s what the Teamsters Rail Conference hopes to discover by conducting a survey of its membership.
BLET members at Norfolk Southern ratify new contract
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have overwhelmingly ratified a new contract agreement with Norfolk Southern.
Funeral arrangements for Tommy Mayne
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
The funeral for Brother Tommy Mayne, who passed away unexpectedly yesterday, will be held at the Seventeenth Street Christian Church in Corbin, Ky., on Thursday, September 11 at 11 a.m.
Former Kentucky SLBC Tommy Mayne, 1951-2008
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Tommy Mayne, former Chairman of the Kentucky State Legislative Board, passed away unexpectedly at a hospital in Corbin, Ky., yesterday.
In the Line of Duty: R.D. Pendarvis
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Brother Richard D. “Ricky” Pendarvis, a member of BLET Division 523 in Chickasha, Okla., was killed in the line of duty on August 29 when his Union Pacific locomotive collided with a propane tanker truck near Medford, Okla.
SWCM pre-registration deadline is August 29
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The pre-registration deadline for the 2008 SWCM in St. Louis is fast approaching. You must have your pre-registration postmarked by Friday, August 29, to receive the pre-registration rate of $115. Anyone registering after August 29 will have to pay $140 for late registration.
DOT delays mandatory direct observation regulation to November 1
Monday, August 25, 2008
The U.S. Department of Transportation is postponing from August 25 to November 1 a new regulation that would subject employees to mandatory direct observation during drug tests conducted when a transportation worker returns to work after a positive drug test and during follow-up drug tests.
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