May 16, 2026 | Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
After hours of last-minute negotiations, no agreement on wage increases was reached between a coalition of five unions, including BLET, and the Long Island Rail Road. In accordance with the terms of the Railway Labor Act, the coalition’s 3,500 members went on strike... May 14, 2026 | Contract Negotiations, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
The BLET has reached a tentative three-year agreement with the Delaware & Hudson Railway. If ratified by the members, the TA would provide general wage increases only — there are no changes to work rules or health & welfare benefits. It would cover the period... May 11, 2026 | Contract Negotiations, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
BLET members are currently voting on a tentative agreement with the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Railway. Ballots will be tabulated on Thursday, May 21. Eligible members who have not received a ballot by Monday, May 11, should call the BLET National Division’s... May 8, 2026 | Contract Negotiations, LIRR, News, Top News
The majority of the unionized workers at the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), approximately 3,500 railroaders, have gone years without a raise. Contract talks were held this past Monday and again on Thursday, with the assistance of the federal National Mediation Board,... May 1, 2026 | Contract Negotiations, LIRR, News, Top News
During the part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s April 29 board meeting reserved for public remarks, Gil Lang, General Chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) at the Long Island Rail Road, speaking on behalf of a coalition... April 25, 2026 | Contract Negotiations, CPKC, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
The BLET has reached a tentative eight-year agreement with the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway (CPKC). The tentative deal covers 1,200 members who work at former territories that are now a part of the consolidated CPKC, including Kansas City Southern Railway,... April 15, 2026 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, News, Top News
On April 7, leaders of five Long Island Rail Road unions, including BLET, representing more than 3,500 unionized railroaders, held a news conference in New York City to tell New Yorkers that “self-help” where the unions can legally strike or the employer could lock... April 1, 2026 | Contract Negotiations, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
BLET members are continuing to vote on two tentative agreements: one with the Utah Central Railway and another with the Tacoma Municipal Belt Railway (Tacoma Rail). Eligible members who have not received a ratification packet by this time should immediately request a... March 25, 2026 | Contract Negotiations, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
The BLET has reached tentative agreements with two short line railroads: the Utah Central Railway and the Tacoma Municipal Belt Railway (Tacoma Rail). Utah Central The Utah Central tentative agreement is significant. If ratified, it would represent a first-ever union... March 17, 2026 | Contract Negotiations, News, Presidential Emergency Board, Top News
On March 16, Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) 254, the second board assigned to the long-running contract dispute between a coalition of five railroad unions and the Long Island Rail Road, like an earlier appointed board of experts, recommended raises and... 