Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen. representing employees of BNSF on the former ATSF, Great Western RR of Colorado and Panhandle Northern RR.
James Logan Jr. of BLET Division 620 (Fort Worth, Texas) was reelected by acclamation to the office of General Chairman at the Union Pacific-Southern Region General Committee of Adjustment’s quadrennial meeting in San Antonio on May 20, 2024. https://t.co/LEaMpGJYBt
Sent a letter today with my fellow Governors to Pres. Biden urging him to abandon his new Medicaid policies.
His policies will strip MILLIONS of Americans from access to crucial healthcare.
Texas will continue to protect our Medicaid safety net for our most vulnerable citizens.
When big banks are able to borrow money from the Fed at less than 5.5% interest while charging the American people a median credit card interest rate of over 24% that's not the business of making credit available. That's extortion. We need a 15% cap on credit card interest rates.
Shawn Fain, President of the @UAW, went on CBS.
He said that billionaires should not exist, their wealth hoarding is inhumane, and that they're engaged in class warfare on the working class.
Want to know more about the BLET’s recently signed Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS) pilot program with Norfolk Southern? Listen to a podcast featuring BLET General Chairman Scott Bunten (Norfolk Southern-Eastern Lines GCA).
Listen here: https://t.co/lpFpBwaQcX
A visitation and funeral for fallen Brother Christopher M. Wilson will be held on February 9 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. A member of BLET Division 423, Brother Wilson was killed in a Norfolk Southern rail yard accident on January 31. Full story: https://t.co/EFgmepSP3x
State legislative update: Virginia SLB Chairman Tim Craver reports that the rail safety bill in his state continues to advance. An Iowa safety bill is also introduced. Full story: https://t.co/cDQ5N7HIsI
.@TTDAFLCIO President Regan said unions will continue to push freight railroads to sign onto a confidential federal tip line. The tip line would help identify possible underlying safety issues at a railroad.
Read more about our rail safety priorities for 2024 ⤵️
Yesterday, FRA Administrator Amit Bose was in Kansas City, where he joined labor representatives for a roundtable discussion and toured BNSF’s Argentine Yard as well as UP’s Neff, 18th St, & Matoon Creek Yards.
From the @AP: Federal inspectors have twice found hundreds of defects in the locomotives & railcars Union Pacific uses at the world’s largest railyard in Nebraska, but none of those seem to explain why a container filled with toxic acid exploded this fall. https://t.co/cIlBoJppgb
We are fighting Corporate America. We are closing the gap. We are taking what we deserve. But do not forget what we face against: those who want to bully workers and hold us back.
#SafetySaturday: If your car is ever inoperable at a grade crossing LEAVE THE CAR and look for the blue & white ENS sign to call for emergency assistance. A train can approach at any time.
"We refuse to accept a society in which so few have so much and so many have so little. Let us stand together to end corporate greed. Let us create an economy that works for us all, not just the 1 percent."
- @BernieSanders#StandUpUAW
“The question we have got to ask ourselves is, who’s going to benefit from that increased productivity? Is all of that income and wealth being created by worker productivity going to go to people on top, or are workers going to benefit?”
#StandUpUAW
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