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Mark Elkins reelected Chairman of Kentucky State Legislative Board
Favorable view of labor: Record-high 47% of Americans want unions to have more influence
BLET reaches tentative agreement with Illinois & Midland
Adam Kaufman elected Chairman of Pennsylvania State Legislative Board
BLET members ratify new five-year agreement with Indiana & Ohio Railway
BLET pride on display at annual Labor Day parade in Toledo
Members ratify first BLET-negotiated agreement with Carrollton Railroad
Honoring 9/11: PATH train car that survived 9/11 preserved at Shore Line Trolley Museum
25th anniversary of September 11, 2001: Railroad workers answered the call on one of America’s darkest days
Cory Martin reelected Chairman of BLET’s Illinois State Legislative Board
BLET members play a key role at 2026 Teamsters Women’s Conference
FRA enforces two-person crew rule following BLET reports of Union Pacific violations
Rail labor opposition to UP-NS merger grows as TCU/IAM and IAM District 19 join Stop the Rail Merger Coalition
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Rail labor opposition to UP-NS merger grows as TCU/IAM and IAM District 19 join Stop the Rail Merger Coalition
More opposition to the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger emerged recently, with additional rail unions joining the Stop the Rail Merger Coalition. The Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM) and IAM District 19, both part of the IAM Rail Division, announced...
More than 100 members of Congress demand that the STB ensure rail worker jobs are protected if UP-NS merger is approved
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are circulating a signed letter urging the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) to consider the consequences of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Rail merger for workers. Representative Val Hoyle (D-OR) led the...
Stop the Rail Merger Coalition writes letter to White House opposing UP-NS merger
On August 24, the Stop the Rail Merger Coalition wrote a letter to President Trump outlining why it opposes the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger. The letter warns that the merger would reduce railroad competition, raise costs for American farmers,...
The ABCs of the STB: What is the Surface Transportation Board?
The railroad industry, including rail labor, likes to throw around a lot of letters. There’s an “alphabet soup” of acronyms that frequently appear in industry and union news sites and publications, including this one — for example, AAR, ARU, BLET, CSXT, DOT, FRA, and...
What are they trying to hide? UP-NS must resubmit withheld merger data as STB rejects rush to approval
Last week, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) adopted a procedural schedule and timeline for consideration of the UP-NS merger application, but ordered the railroads to turn over “substantial” additional data by August 28. Importantly, STB said that release of the...
BLET leads coalition of rail unions urging STB to reject UP-NS merger application immediately
The BLET last week led a coalition of rail labor unions in urging the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to immediately terminate the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application before a full review can begin. In an August 19 joint filing, BLET and the...
President Wallace on Senator Cory Booker: “He had our back when we needed him”
BLET National President Mark Wallace and First Vice President Gary Best met with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) as part of their series of high-level meetings on Capitol Hill. Wallace and Best went to Capitol Hill in late July to advocate on behalf of BLET members and...
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