Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen @BLET
The BLET exists to promote and protect the rights, interests, and safety of its members through solidarity, aggressive representation, and education. ble-t.org Independence, Ohio Joined March 2009-
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The House’s Appropriations Labor, Health, and Human Services (LHHS) subcommittee released a funding bill addressing RRB’s budget. The proposed budget amount is $126 million, significantly less than the $170 million requested by RRB. Read more: blet.link/4m2xY3M
A wrongfully-terminated BLET member received more than $184,000 in back pay after the BLET got him his job back, and he was awarded an additional $150,000 in punitive damages after a federal whistleblower investigation. Read more: blet.link/464Lq1g
C3RS: A new report examines how safety has improved at Amtrak and smaller railroads that have adopted Confidential Close Call Reporting (C3RS) and compares that with the Class I railroads that have largely spurned the safety system. Read more: blet.link/3K51tVm
BLET locomotive engineer Earl Braxton, a member of BLET Division 482, was at the throttle as Amtrak debuted its NextGen Acela trains on the Northeast Corridor on Wednesday, August 27. Read more: blet.link/4ndonbq
Nearly six hundred locomotive engineers employed by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) received ballots in the mail last week from the national union seeking authorization to call a strike at the nation’s busiest commuter railroad. Read more: blet.link/4lPuFNj
Best wishes to all BLET members & families for a happy, healthy and safe Labor Day 2025. It's an important holiday for BLET and all organized labor as it recognizes the many contributions that workers and labor unions have made to America’s strength, prosperity, and well-being.
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) details the benefits of unions to workers, communities, and democracy. States that have the highest union density also have more equitable economic, social, and democratic structures. Read more: blet.link/4lWqgbw
Looking ahead to next year, the BLET’s 2026 Western Regional Meeting will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, the week of July 13. The 2026 Eastern Regional Meeting will take place in Chicago, Illinois, the week of August 24. Please make plans now to attend one or both!
Teamsters Rail Conference Director Mike Smith addressed BLET members at the Regional Meeting in Bellevue, WA. In this clip, Smith talks about the continuing fight against corporate greed and the widening gap between the wealthy and the poor.
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes President Tony Cardwell addressed BLET members at the Regional Meeting in Bellevue, WA. In this clip, he talks about the partnership of the BLET and the BMWED in the Teamsters Rail Conference and the importance of union solidarity.
TAKE ACTION ALERT: Members of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on July 31 considered a bill sets the funding limit for the RRB’s operations over $44 million less than the RRB’s request of $170.615 million. Read more: blet.link/46eCW8U
Members of the BLET Nebraska State Legislative Board at the 2025 Western Regional Meeting met with Vice President & National Legislative Representative Vince Verna and BLET Auxiliary 2nd Vice President & National Legislative Representative Natalie Miller.
Kat Bisbikis, National President of the BLET Auxiliary, said that copies of the Auxiliary’s new railroad survival guide, “Taking Charge,” remain available to BLET members and Divisions. Read more: blet.link/3URhNLJ
The BLET has been in opposition to allowing locomotive engineers coming out of Mexico to operate trains into the US. Now the inability of most Mexican national train crew members to speak fluent English has become a safety and security issue. Read more: blet.link/4mDYq57
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) participated in a one-on-one chat with BLET National President Mark Wallace in front of an audience comprised of more than 300 BLET members to kick off the BLET’s Western Regional Meeting on August 19. Read more: blet.link/3VkNYmR
Organizing and facing new technologies are two of the BLET’s top priorities during the months ahead, according to BLET President Mark Wallace as he gave his State of the Union address during the union’s Bellevue Regional Meeting. Read more: blet.link/4oQgytQ
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