October 25, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 23, 2023) Locomotive engineers and conductors are holding strike votes after months of mediated talks with SEPTA have failed to produce progress toward agreements. The engineers and conductors have not received raises in about...
October 25, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: NBC Philadelphia, October 24, 2024 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, a union that represents about 160 train engineers at SEPTA, also authorized a strike vote. The union claims pay for SEPTA’s engineers and conductors “is about...
October 23, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, News
PHILADELPHIA, October 23 — This morning, National President Eddie Hall announced that BLET members will conduct a strike vote at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA). Voting begins today and results will be announced on November 20, 2023. A majority...
October 6, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, News
Members of Teamsters Joint Council 73 joined the BLET’s NJ Transit rally on September 30. ________________________________ The BLET is continuing to use every legal means necessary to secure a new contract at NJ Transit. On September 30, about 150 BLET members...
October 5, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: Metro Philadelphia, October 3, 2023) SEPTA is hoping to reach an agreement with its largest union before their contract expires at the end of the month. Members of Transport Workers Local 234 voted Sunday to authorize a strike if Oct. 31 passes without a...
September 18, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, News
Early last week, a majority of BLET members at the New England Central Railroad (NECR) ratified a new on-property agreement governing rates of pay, benefits and work rules for approximately 40 operating employees. The five-year deal runs through December 31, 2027, and...
September 8, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, News
BLET billboards highlighting NJT’s spending “millions for penthouse views, but not a dime for train crews” are being placed around the state This week, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) launched an advertising and voter outreach...
June 16, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines, Lawsuit
(Source: www.nj.com, June 15, 2023) The settlement by the national union admits no wrong doing, and BLET National President Eddie Hall criticized NJ Transit for lack of progress in negotiating a fair contract. “This is a sideshow,” he said of the settlement. “We’re...
May 11, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: KYW News Radio, May 10, 2023) Regional Rail engineers say SEPTA has little incentive to hire more engineers because, for years, managers have been earning stipends by filling the shifts of engineers who have left for other jobs. That’s why members of the...
May 11, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, May 10, 2023) BLET locomotive engineers took action on May 10 to express their anger and frustration at NJ Transit’s foot-dragging in contract negotiations as well as the agency’s plans to spend significant money to lease new, upscale office...
