BLET News
Union busting: Employers annually spend $1.7 billion in an effort to deny workers a voice on the job
Study shows electing union candidates would increase political power; One BLET member is an example
Replacement ballots available now in BLET contract votes at LIRR, Metra
Last Run: Division 62 Local Chairman Tim Wild retires after 47-year career
Railroad retirement: Make sure all information is correct on Form BA-6
America 250 and BLET 163: 1828 marked the birth of railroading in America
Registration now open for BLET’s Eastern Regional Meeting
BLET members ratify new agreement with Delaware & Hudson
Growing clout of BLET and Teamsters
BLET reaches tentative agreement for Metra locomotive engineers
Ballots mailed in BLET tentative agreement with Long Island Rail Road
STB pauses review of UP-NS merger proposal — again
Division 98 honors the memory of Local Chairman Vern Gordon
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House bill would block Mexican rail crews from operating trains into U.S.
(Source: Trains.com, April 23, 2026) Two members of the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would block Mexican railroad crews from bringing trains across the border into the United States The Protecting American Railroad Workers’ Jobs Act was...
BNSF reports Q4, full year 2025 results
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 3, 2026) BNSF Railway's fourth-quarter 2025 total revenue declined 3% to $5.98 billion, but net income jumped 5% to $1.3 billion compared with Q4 2024 financial results, the railroad announced on March 3. The Class I posted Q4...
Second PEB finds for unions in dispute with LIRR
(Source: Trains.com, March 17, 2026 A second Presidential Emergency Board has sided with a coalition of unions in their ongoing contract dispute with the Long Island Rail Road — but the LIRR rejected the board’s recommendation, setting the stage for a strike or...
CN announces Q4, full-year 2025 results
CN reported its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2025. Quarterly Financial Results Highlights Fourth-quarter 2025 compared to fourth-quarter 2024 Revenues of C$4,464 million, an increase of C$106 million, or 2%....
Norfolk Southern reports Q4, full-year 2025 results
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 29, 2026) Norfolk Southern Corporation announced its fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results on January 29, 2026. In the quarter, revenue was $3.0 billion, income from railway operations was $937 million,...
CPKC reports Q4, full-year 2025 results
(Source: CPKC press release, January 28, 2026) Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on January 28,, 2026, announced its fourth-quarter results, including revenues of $3.9 billion, diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.20 and core adjusted diluted EPS of $1.33....
Union Pacific reports Q4, full-year 2025 results
(Source: Union Pacific press release, January 27, 2026) Union Pacific Corporation reported 2025 fourth quarter and full year results on January 27, 2026. Highlights included: Fourth quarter diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $3.11 and adjusted diluted EPS* of $2.86...
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