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First Contract Arrives On Time For Workers At RailCrew Xpress
February 3 -

(Tulsa, Okla.) – Eighteen workers at RailCrew Xpress represented by Teamsters Local 523 in Tulsa, Okla. unanimously approved their first contract, making strong gains in workplace rules and securing a new compensation structure that will help significantly increase their annual wages.

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CN's Canadian Locomotive Engineers Have Ratified A New Collective Agreement
January 30 -

Canadian National Railway's 1,800 locomotive engineers in Canada have ratified a three-year collective agreement that provides for both wage increases and benefit improvements.

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BLET Engineers Ratify Amtrak Contract
January 20 -

Today, Amtrak engineers represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, a division of the Teamsters Rail Conference, ratified by a 4 to 1 margin a new, five-year agreement. The contract calls for wage, benefit and work rule improvements.

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BLET Members Ratify Freight Rail Contract
January 9 -

BLET members working on freight rail lines such as Burlington Northern, CSX, Union Pacific and others have ratified a new contract. The five-year agreement covers health & welfare and other fringe benefits for over 30,000 BLET members nationwide, and rates of pay and work rules issues for a smaller number.

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BLET Reaches Tentative Agreement with Amtrak
January 3 -

The tentative five-year deal with Amtrak would provide members with  general wage increases over the life of the contract and will cover more than 1,400 locomotive engineers who operate Amtrak’s passenger and commuter trains.

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BLET Helps Santa Claus Spread Good Cheer
December 14 -

The 69th annual CSX Santa Train ran safely and on time again this year, thanks in large part to Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) Division 781 in Erwin, Tenn. The BLET is part of the Teamsters Rail Conference.

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CN And Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Reach Tentative Agreement To Renew Labour Contract
December 12 -

CN and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) announced today that they have reached a tentative agreement to renew the labour contract for approximately 1,800 CN locomotive engineers in Canada. 

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Contract Updates For BLET And BMWED Members
November 7 -

Today the BMWED and BLET issued updates for their members about the Presidential Emergency Board report and its recommendations for settlement of the national wage/rules/benefits dispute.

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BMWED Members Urge Mica to Fully Fund Amtrak
November 1 -

Members of the BMWED protested John Mica's anti-Amtrak comments and plans to reduce funding for the rail line at a New York rail conference event.

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Union Hails New Rules Governing Railroad Camp Cars
October 31 -

(WASHINGTON) – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued new regulations today to improve conditions of rail camp cars, backing several recommendations by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) of the Teamsters Rail Conference

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About the Conference
Rail Conference

Welcome to the Rail Conference web page. We hope this website will serve as a source of information on the latest developments in the Conference.The Teamsters Rail Conference is the organization created by the mergers of the BLET and the BMWED into the Teamsters Union.

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Profile Of BLET Member

The Smithsonian’s Rail Chief. BLET Member Bill Withuhn is Curator Emeritus of Transportation at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

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2006: High Alert: Workers Warn Of Security Gaps On Nation's Railroads

High Alert: Workers Warn of Security Gaps on the Nation’s Railroads provides basic, common-sense requirements and more complex procedures to ensure that the employees who work on the nation’s railroad and the residents who live near them are indeed safe and secure.

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Who We Represent

The Teamsters Rail Conference represents more than 70,000 locomotive engineers, trainmen and maintenance of way workers on commuter, passenger and freight rail lines across the United States. 

 
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Contact the Conference

Staff members of the Teamsters Rail Conference can be reached at (202) 624-6328.                                .

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