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BNSF Railway reaches tentative agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on paid sick leave and improvements to work schedules for locomotive engineers

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Mardi, août 1, 2023

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The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and BNSF Railway have reached a system-wide agreement this week that will significantly benefit locomotive engineers at BNSF.

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The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and BNSF Railway have reached a system-wide agreement this week that will significantly benefit locomotive engineers at BNSF.
The tentative agreement includes up to eight paid sick leave days and grants access to scheduled time off in an effort to improve the quality of work-life balance for the engineers.
The agreement will allow for more predictable scheduling and enable engineers to take paid sick leave without any penalty.
The cooperation between BLET and BNSF marks an important step forward in supporting the well-being and satisfaction of locomotive engineers, ensuring a more balanced and efficient work environment.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and Union Pacific Railroad Reach Paid Sick Leave Agreement

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Lundi, juin 5, 2023

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OMAHA, Neb., June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific Railroad reached an agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) to provide paid sick leave to the approximately 5,600 locomotive engineers employed by the railroad. Under the agreement, BLET members will have up to seven paid days to use in the event of illness. Five days will be considered paid sick days with the ability to convert two additional paid leave days for use as paid sick time. The new agreement is effective Aug. 1.

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OMAHA, Neb., June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific Railroad reached an agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) to provide paid sick leave to the approximately 5,600 locomotive engineers employed by the railroad.
Under the agreement, BLET members will have up to seven paid days to use in the event of illness.
Five days will be considered paid sick days with the ability to convert two additional paid leave days for use as paid sick time.
Union Pacific now has sick leave agreements in place with 12 of its 13 labor unions, covering approximately 68% of Union Pacific's craft employees.

BLET and Union Pacific Reach Historic Agreement to Improve Work Schedules and Time Off for Locomotive Engineers

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Mercredi, mai 24, 2023

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OMAHA, Neb., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and Union Pacific Railroad today announced a historic tentative agreement that enhances the quality of life for Union Pacific's locomotive engineers and their families by making it possible for them to have more predictable schedules.

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OMAHA, Neb., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and Union Pacific Railroad today announced a historic tentative agreement that enhances the quality of life for Union Pacific's locomotive engineers and their families by making it possible for them to have more predictable schedules.
The tentative agreement provides locomotive engineers with an 11 days on, 4 days off schedule.
Union Pacific expects to make meaningful progress implementing the new work/rest schedules within a year of ratification.
The railroad continues to work to identify ways to improve quality of life for all employees, including sick time, which Union Pacific and BLET continue to negotiate.

BLET and Norfolk Southern reach deal on engineer paid sick leave

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Jeudi, mai 18, 2023

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ATLANTA and INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) announced Thursday that they have reached an agreement to provide up to seven paid sick days per year to BLET members. The agreement will provide Norfolk Southern engineers with five new days of paid sick leave per year while also offering them the flexibility to use up to two additional days of existing paid time off as sick leave.

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The agreement will provide Norfolk Southern engineers with five new days of paid sick leave per year while also offering them the flexibility to use up to two additional days of existing paid time off as sick leave.
The new agreement will provide new paid sick leave benefits to over 3,300 Norfolk Southern engineers, representing almost 25% of the NS craft workforce.
"We are proud to be the first to have reached a paid sick leave agreement for our dedicated BLET membership," said Dewayne Dehart, BLET general chairman (NS-Northern Lines GCA).
This second agreement offers additional preservation of earnings unique to Norfolk Southern engineers when they use paid sick leave, as well as greater protection for vacation time, further enhancing the paid sick leave deal.

CP announces ratification of new collective agreement with Soo Line BLET

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Mardi, mars 14, 2023

CALGARY, AB, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) (TSX: CP) said today that members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have ratified a new five-year collective agreement covering approximately 300 employees working on CP's Soo Line subsidiary.

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CALGARY, AB, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) (TSX: CP) said today that members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have ratified a new five-year collective agreement covering approximately 300 employees working on CP's Soo Line subsidiary.
"We thank the BLET for working collaboratively to reach this negotiated collective agreement," said Keith Creel, CP's President and CEO.
"The ratification of this agreement, which provides improved pay and flexibility, is a positive for our railroaders, further demonstrating CP's commitment to reaching new negotiated collective agreements."
The BLET hourly collective agreement includes Soo Line locomotive engineers in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.

CP announces ratification of new collective agreement with BLET in U.S. Midwest

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Mardi, mars 7, 2023

The new collective agreement includes CP employees on the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern ("DM&E") South territory in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Minnesota, as well as KCS employees in Kansas and Missouri.

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The new collective agreement includes CP employees on the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern ("DM&E") South territory in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Minnesota, as well as KCS employees in Kansas and Missouri.
This agreement, ratified by BLET members this month, provides higher pay and scheduled time off compared to national agreements on a majority of the other Class 1 railways.
We caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive and is made as of the date hereof.
All FLI in this news release is expressly qualified in its entirety by these cautionary statements.

SMART-TD and BLET rail unions initiate steps to strike BNSF properties over new "Hi-Viz" attendance policy punishing sick rail workers during the pandemic

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Vendredi, janvier 14, 2022

Presidents Pierce and Ferguson said the impending policy, which BNSF plans to implement on February 1, repudiates numerous collectively bargained agreements currently in place throughout the BNSF system.

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Presidents Pierce and Ferguson said the impending policy, which BNSF plans to implement on February 1, repudiates numerous collectively bargained agreements currently in place throughout the BNSF system.
It is so restrictive that employees would be penalized for missing work to attend the funeral of an immediate family member.
This new attendance policy may be the tipping point for what may be the 'great railroad resignation.'"
The BLET is the founding member of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen continues fight to save American jobs on the Texas border

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Lundi, juillet 9, 2018

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The Judge's decision was in spite of the volume of evidence presented to the Court by BLET on a number of key issues.

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The Judge's decision was in spite of the volume of evidence presented to the Court by BLET on a number of key issues.
BLET also showed how the plan would expressly violate the terms of a 10-year-old FRA waiver governing locomotive, freight car and air brake inspections at the border.
Promises were made to America's working class in the last election that their jobs would be protected by the current Administration.
A copy of the Judge's decision can be found at http://www.ble-t.org/pr/pdf/KCS_v_BLET.pdf , and the Union letter mandated by the court can be found at http://www.ble-t.org/pr/pdf/Tex_Mex_Letter.pdf .