Dear Brothers and Sisters: On October 6, 2017, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, along with the five other unions that make up the Coordinated Bargaining Group, announced a Tentative Na­tional Agreement with the Nation's Freight Carriers. For over...

1)     Health Care and Flexible Spending Account Enrollment both end on 10/31/17. 2)     The preponderance for determining your 2018 vacation has ended, this applies to whom have been set up and set back. The preponderance period runs from April 1st until September...

Rail Unions making up the Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG) announced today that they have reached a Tentative National Agreement with the Nation’s Freight Rail Carriers. The CBG is comprised of six unions, including the BLET. Read full article »

Brothers & Sisters, Just a reminder that representatives from the Federal Railroad Administration will be attending our regularly scheduled Union meeting on November 1st, 2017. Some of these representatives will be from the OP, Signal, MP&E, and possibly the...

BLET relaunches Perrien Fund to assist members with Hurricane Harvey relief INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 30 -The BLET's National Division Advisory Board approved a recommendation from BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce today to re-activate and expand its Gary...