October 26, 2026 | Convention, News, Top News
BLET delegates donated 460 prepared meals to The Salvation Army of Southern Nevada during the union’s Sixth National Convention. Sister Marketa Wells, a member of Division 766 in Las Vegas, organized daily donations of unused boxed lunches. With help from her husband,...
October 23, 2026 | News, NS, Top News, UP, UP-NS Merger
By Mark L. Wallace BLET National President and Teamsters Rail Conference President Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena seems perplexed that unions are fighting for their members. During UP’s October 22 earnings call, he questioned BLET’s opposition to the proposed UP-NS...
October 22, 2026 | Convention, News, Top News
BLET National Vice President Rick Gibbons was recognized in an emotional farewell presentation last week during BLET’s Sixth National Convention. Gibbons, the longest serving member of the Advisory Board, announced that he will be retiring at the end of this year. He...
October 22, 2026 | Convention, News, Top News
BLET National Vice Presidents Rick Gibbons and Jim Louis, both of whom are retiring after long careers in railroading and service to the union, were recognized in emotional farewell presentations on Day 2 of the BLET Sixth National Convention. Gibbons, the longest...
October 21, 2026 | Convention, News, Top News, UP-NS Merger
National President Mark Wallace and First Vice President Gary Best closed out the BLET’s Sixth National Convention with a behind closed doors members-only Town Hall-style meeting focused on the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger. The two national officers...
October 20, 2026 | BMWED, Convention, News, Top News, UP-NS Merger
Tony Cardwell, President of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED), shared BMWED’s concerns about the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger as he addressed delegates in the Thursday morning session of BLET’s Sixth National Convention....
October 19, 2026 | Amtrak, News, Top News
BLET members kept a steady hand on the throttle as Amtrak rolled out its newest trainsets into passenger service in the Pacific Northwest. In late September, Amtrak introduced brand new Airo trainsets into passenger service on its Cascades route between Vancouver,...
October 19, 2026 | Convention, News, Top News
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus addressed delegates in the morning session on the third and final day of the BLET convention, raising concerns about rail safety, worker protections, the increased use of artificial intelligence, and the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern...
October 15, 2026 | Convention, News, Top News
On Wednesday, Mark Wallace was elected to his first full four-year term as National President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen at the union’s Sixth National Convention in Las Vegas. Wallace, who previously held the union’s second-highest office,...
October 15, 2026 | Headlines, Teamsters, Top News
Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman energized delegates with spirited speeches during the morning session of BLET’s Sixth National Convention on Wednesday. “Since Fred Zuckerman and I took office in 2022, together...
