July 30, 2026 | Legislation, News, Railroad Retirement, Top News
The long wait BLET members and other railroaders must endure to receive earned retirement benefits may soon be over. On Thursday, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) passed a BLET and Teamsters-backed bipartisan bill, S. 4965, the... July 27, 2026 | Legislation, News, Railroad Retirement, Teamsters Rail Conference, Top News
Earlier this month, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced the Railroad Retirement Board Stability Act, which would provide long-term funding for RRB’s day-to-day operations. The much-needed legislation comes after months of hard work and lobbying by the... July 19, 2026 | East Palestine-NS, Legislation, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
“Rail safety is public health. Hazardous releases don’t stop at the tracks,” wrote Misti Allison in a recent guest editorial published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A resident of East Palestine, Ohio and a public health leader, Allison knows first-hand the... July 1, 2026 | Legislation, News, Top News
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law a bill last week that creates a lasting memorial in honor of fallen BLET member Lou Shuster. Senate Bill 52 designates the interchange between I-480 and 150th Street in Cleveland as the SPC Louis P. Shuster Memorial... June 19, 2026 | Amtrak, FRA, Legislation, News, Top News
Not all news was good news from the House Appropriations Committee last week. By a vote of 34-27, the Committee approved the fiscal year 2027 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development (THUD), and Related Agencies funding bill. The BLET is keeping a close eye... June 14, 2026 | Legislation, News, Top News
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) is supporting the bipartisan Passenger Rail Crew Protection Act, H.R. 8894, which would make it a federal crime to assault Amtrak or commuter rail workers, including passenger locomotive engineers. The bill... May 6, 2026 | Legislation, Mexico, News, Take Action, Top News
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) National Division is asking members, families, and friends to call their Representatives and ask for support of the bipartisan “Protecting American Railroad Workers Jobs Act of 2026” (H.R. 8468), which... April 24, 2026 | BMWED, Legislation, News, Railroad Retirement, Teamsters Rail Conference, Top News
The BLET National Division has been busy on Capitol Hill this week. Ongoing advocacy on behalf of its active and retired members has resulted in three major Congressional actions in recent days. These accomplishments are summarized below. First, BLET helped secure the... April 24, 2026 | Headlines, Legislation, Mexico, Railroad Safety, Railroad Security
(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... April 23, 2026 | Legislation, Mexico, News, Railroad Security, Top News
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) National Division today applauded introduction of the bipartisan Protecting American Railroad Workers Jobs Act of 2026 (H.R. 8468) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation introduced by... 