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A new five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has been ratified at CSX, the railroad and union reported June 11. It governs approximately…

CSX on May 9 reported reaching a tentative new five-year single-system agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET).

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) on May 8 announced that it has reached a tentative five-year agreement with the Western New York & Pennsylvania (WNYP) Railroad, governing…

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) on May 2 announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Union Railroad, a Class III switching railroad with…

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) National President Eddie Hall will retire, effective May 1. Also, Benesch welcomes Paul Rathgeber, MPA, as Director of Public Projects in the company’s…

NJ Transit President and CEO Kris Kolluri provides a statement regarding the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET) vote on a tentative agreement. Also, Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD)…

NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen—the only union holdout in long and contentious negotiations—have announced a tentative contract agreement, averting a possible locomotive engineer strike or…

The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) names Brian Marshall as Chief Transit Officer. Also, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s (SEPTA) first female locomotive engineer, Jacqueline Y. Pettyjohn, retires after…

Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) 252 has declared New Jersey Transit’s (NJ Transit) “Final Offer as the most reasonable proposal in the ongoing labor negotiations” with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers…

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary Berkshire & Eastern Railroad (B&E) have ratified a new agreement governing rates of pay, benefits, and work rules…

Train and engine service workers from Patriot Rail’s Utah Central Railway (UCRY) have voted unanimously to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET) in an election certified by the National…

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET) members have ratified new contracts with Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) properties Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR) and Indiana Southern Railroad (ISRR), the union reported…

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET) of the Teamsters Rail Conference on Dec. 4 reported that the railroaders it represents at Florida Gulf & Atlantic (FGA), a Pinsly…

The years-long collective bargaining dispute between New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLET) continues with the recent appointment of a second Presidential Emergency Board (PEB).

More than two dozen Florida Gulf & Atlantic (FGA) railroaders who earlier this year voted to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have ratified their first union…

Workers from Carrollton Railroad, a short line subsidiary of CSX Transportation that operates in western Kentucky near Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, voted unanimously to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive…

A majority of train and engine service employees at the Georgia Central Railway recently voted to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) in a representation election certified…

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) members recently ratified an agreement related to Metra’s takeover of services from Union Pacific (UP). Ballots were mailed to 307 members last month.…

Ballots were mailed this week to 307 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) members eligible to vote on a tentative implementing agreement regarding Metra’s takeover of services from Union…

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on July 24 appointed Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) No. 251 to investigate the collective bargaining dispute between New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive…