August 4, 2026 | News, Top News
BLET National President Mark Wallace and First Vice President Gary Best met with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) as part of their series of high-level meetings on Capitol Hill. Wallace and Best went to Capitol Hill in late July to advocate on behalf of BLET members and... August 4, 2026 | News, Railroad Retirement, Top News
As we reported last week, the long wait BLET members and other railroaders must endure to receive earned retirement benefits may soon be over. On July 30, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted 22-0 to advance the bipartisan... August 4, 2026 | News, Top News
In July, BLET National President Mark Wallace and First Vice President Gary Best met with Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) as part of a series of high-level meetings on Capitol Hill. President Wallace and First Vice President Best advocated on behalf of BLET members and... August 3, 2026 | News, NS, Top News, UP
Here we go — again. This week, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern filed a third round of merger application materials with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in their attempt to merge the two Class I railroads. Back in May, the two railroads were ordered by STB to... August 2, 2026 | News, Top News, Unions
A new study from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) asks the question, “What would happen if union membership tripled in the United States?” According to the study’s findings, wages would grow in tandem with the economy, the middle class would thrive, and broad... August 2, 2026 | Convention, News, Top News
Hotel registration is open for delegates attending the BLET’s Sixth National Convention, which will be held at the Horseshoe Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Convention will convene at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, and will adjourn on Thursday, October 15,... July 31, 2026 | FRA, Mexico, News, Top News
Background: On July 30, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) designed to raise standards on the Class I railroads’ use of foreign train crews operating trains... July 30, 2026 | News, Railroad Retirement, Top News
The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has announced dates and locations for a limited number of in-person Pre-Retirement Seminars to be held in September 2026. Please register as soon as possible if you are interested in attending, as these seminars tend to fill... 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 29, 2026 | News, Organizing, Top News
Virtually all short line workers who have voted for BLET representation in recent years cited the same reasons for wanting to join the union: improved pay, better working conditions, and stronger protections from discipline that come from a BLET contract. Every BLET... 