On the former Santa Fe property, we have a unique agreement that was intended to encourage BNSF to adequately staff our extra boards. Now, the Carrier continues to rely on using demoted engineers when extra boards are exhausted while refusing…
Open Enrollment is NOW through October 28th, 2016. Coverage begins on November 1st, 2016. http://www.railroaddisability.com/group-policies/blet-bnsf-atsf-open-enrollment/
As all of you have probably heard by now, BNSF will start installing inward-facing cameras on locomotives in the coming months. While this installation comes as no surprise given FRA’s pending regulation requiring IFCs on all locomotives operated by freight…
http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5884 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, September 16 — Open enrollment for the Health Flexible Spending Account Plan (FSA) 2017 benefit year runs from October 1 through October 31, 2016. Members must enroll in the Health FSA every year — FSA enrollment is…
http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5885 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, September 19 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) is taking a stand against a rail industry effort to nearly double the distance freight trains can travel between mandatory air brake inspections. “Reducing the frequency…
