In June of 1993, he was promoted locomotive engineer working in the Soo Line yard in Bensenville, Illinois. . Brother Verna is proud to be a third generation railroader. He was a member of BLE Division 8 in Slater until 1993, when he moved to Kansas City, Mo. The BLETs Fifth National Convention will convene at the Ballys Las Vegas Hotel and Casino from Monday, October 10, 2022, through Thursday, October 13, 2022. History He served as a member of the Bylaws Committee at the Third National Convention and as a member of the Arrangements Committee at the Fourth and Fifth National Conventions. The member area makes it easy to stay up-to-date on important member-only issues. In 2008, he was elected to the position of 4th Vice General Chairman for UP-CR GCA and was elevated to 3rd Vice General Chairman in 2011 with the retirement of General Chairman Rightnowar. BLET delegates showed their generosity at the Fifth National Convention on October 13, donating money to help the family of a fallen Brother. Hall, who is running as an individual against sitting President Dennis Pierce and his United Slate. Mark L. Wallace is First Vice President and Alternate National President of the 57,000-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Like my father and grandfather, I made the wise decision to purchase job insurance. Public Relations Hall is National President of the 57,000-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was also reelected by acclamation in 2020. His father Fred retired as a conductor from UP in 2010 after 48 years of service. Daily Headlines Safety; Spokane/Hauser; Lakeside; Columbia River; Kootenai River; Resources. He was elevated to the General Chairmans office in September of 2013 following the retirement of his mentor and predecessor, Brother Tony Smith, and was reelected by acclamation at quadrennial meetings in 2016 and 2020. In 2004, Brother Lyons became Division 34s first-ever Local Chairman for trainmen after the BLE merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Brother Driscoll has also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the BLETs former Eastern Meeting Union Association (EUMA) and currently serves a trustee of the National General Chairman Association. Delegate Login. Click the link below to access the member area. National Legislative Office Vendors arerequiredto register in advance. Departments Brother Hubbard also thanked National Division Staff Liaison, Brendan P. Sullivan, Director of Political Affairs for the BLET's National Legislative Office. He was elected by acclamation to his first term at the BLETs Third National Convention on October 1, 2014. He was elected Local Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer of Division 659 in 1989, positions he held continuously until 1997, when he transferred to Division 382. He has also served on the Rail Safety Advisory Committees (RSAC) Inward/Outward-Facing Recording Device Working Group. Mark your calendars and plan to attend one or both of the BLET's 2023 regional meetings. Brother Vernas railroad career began in 1994 when he hired out as a brakeman for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Los Angeles, Calif. Lastly, the BLET Auxiliary will hold its Fourth National Auxiliary Convention at Ballys from October 10-13, 2022. Each year thousands of special education teachers, administrators, related service providers, community partners, and families of students with disabilities . Accidental Death & Dismemberment Vice President Louis also serves as Head of the BLETs Passenger Department, the BLETs Education and Training Department, and the BLETs Department of Internal Organizing, Mobilizing and Strategic Planning. He was elected by acclamation to the office of National Vice President at the BLETs Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 5, 2022. Departments Prior to his railroad career, Brother Driscoll studied Business Finance and Accounting at Canisius College where he earned a BA in accounting. Public Relations As a young girl, she would toss loaves of bread to striking autoworkers in Flint, Michigan, at the risk of being chased by management guards. He transferred to Division 659 and soon became actively involved in serving the membership. He was elected by acclamation to serve as Trustee and also Fourth Alternate Vice President at the BLETs Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 5, 2022. BLET Auxiliary He was elevated to the office of General Chairman in December of 2012 and was reelected General Chairman at the GCAs quadrennial meetings in 2014, 2018 and 2022. Ive been with LECMPA for 11 years. The arbitration will be a standard two-partisan . Brother Bagby also assisted in the settlement of claims for targeting of crews resulting in an additional $1.25 million for the members of the Central Region GCA. In 2006, he served on the Eastern Steering Committee at the BLETs First National Convention in Las Vegas. in the Members Area of the BLET National Division website, https://members.ble-t.org. Vice President Louiss railroad career began when he hired out with Conrail as a trainman on August 6, 1976, in Buffalo, N.Y. trainmen throughout the United States. INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 3 The BLET National Division has launched a new website https://bletconvention.org to provide key information to delegates, vendors and guests attending the union's Fifth National Convention, which will be held October 10-13, 2022. Accidental Death & Dismemberment The BLET Auxiliary will hold its Fourth National Auxiliary Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada from October 10-12, 2022. Auxiliary delegates will elect national officers and consider important resolutions. He has twice been elected as his GCAs delegate to the IBT International conventions in 2011 and 2016. Vice President Fannon has served the National Division as Assistant Coordinator of the Safety Task Force. The video features images of BLET members, railroad photography and videos (some provided by BLET members), as well as military and patriotic themes throughout. Travel home is on Friday for each meeting (June 17 for Denver and August 5 for Baltimore). He also helped secure an Award that overturned CSXTs requirement that Locomotive Engineers dismount their equipment to inspect passing trains. He was reelected Local Chairman in 2009. Im a railroader who grew up in railroad households, where Soo Line callers would ring my engineer dad and conductor grandfather at all hours. Nearly 100% of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen members have voted in support of a nationwide strike, which BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce is calling "a showing of solidarity and unity.". Daily Headlines The convention will begin on Monday, October 10 and will be held at Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, 3645 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada 89109. Over the next three years, he was elevated to serve the GCA as First Vice General Chairman and Acting General Chairman. the delegates in session as part of the convention proceedings. The BLET takes the privacy of the Union and Union Members data very seriously. At the time of his election in 2018, Vice President Wallace was serving as a National Division Trustee and as General Chairman of the Norfolk Southern-Southern Lines General Committee of Adjustment (GCA), which at the time represented 43 Divisions with over 3,000 members. He also successfully completed grievance mediation training in April of 2017. INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, October 28 Ballots will be mailed Monday, October 31, to approximately 24,000 BLET members and voting will begin on November 1 regarding the tentative national agreement. A fourth-generation railroader, Vice President Louis is proud of his strong union background. The date for the convention to convene The general Conference will be held November 3-4, 202 2, at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the founding member of the Teamsters Rail Conference, conducted the ballot count for the 2022 Election of BLET National Division Officers on Monday, December 12, 2022. Additional key elements of the website include a tentative agenda for both the BLET Convention and the BLET Auxiliary Convention, as well as maps of the hotel and the convention area. Registering on the member area is private. Short Line Myrtle Beach, S.C. August 14-18, 2023. Convention delegates are elected by local BLET Division members. Immediately prior to his election as National President, Brother Hall served as First Vice Local Chairman of Division 28. Approximately 475 delegates will represent more than 33,000 active locomotive engineers and David P. Estes is the National Secretary-Treasurer of the 57,000-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The convention was kicked off by the Report of the National President, delivered by BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce during the morning session of the BLET's Fifth National Convention on October 10. (Source: Associated Press, February 15, 2023) Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a school gym to seek answers about whether they were safe from toxic chemicals that spilled or were burned off. During his tenure in the BLET he was instrumental in negotiating the $11 million settlement between the UP-CR GCA and the Union Pacific Railroad for claims filed regarding guaranteed extra board regulation and drop turns violations. They will be charged with evaluating and voting on changes to the Brotherhoods Bylaws. He was elected by acclamation to his second term of office at the BLETs Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 12, 2022, having won election by acclamation to his first term at the unions Fourth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 3, 2018. This included a Safety Summit Agreement/Alternative Handling Program in an attempt to change the safety culture and the punitive discipline agenda on BNSF. In 2022, Vice President Fannon earned an MBA from Bluefield University. James P. Louis is National Vice President of the 57,000-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 18 As all Local Divisions, General Committees and State Legislative Boards were advised on January 4, 2022, the BLETs Fifth National Convention We save homes and families what could be better? June 26-30, 2023. Newsletters Pursuant to the BLET Bylaws, the Rules for the 2022 BLET National Division Officers The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) is a Division of the Rail Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). As we move forward, I am asking you to stay involved in your Union. Once completed, print and sign the application and forward to your BLET Division Secretary-Treasurer for processing. He was elected by acclamation to the General Chairmans position on May 8, 2012, and again in 2016. Scholarship Directory Election Rules & Forms, Organizing (NS), Hoboken, N.J. (NJ Transit), Baltimore, Md. Railroads face a traffic backlog and operatorNorfolk Southern February 16, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines. I served as a union shop steward for 25 years. He was then elected Secretary-Treasurer in 2004, a position he was reelected to in 2007, and also began service as Alternate General Chairman prior to becoming General Chairman in 2009. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) is a Division of the Rail Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). President Halls railroad career began in 1995 when he hired out with the former Southern Pacific Railroad (now Union Pacific) in El Paso, Texas. As with the past regional meetings, the 2022 meetings will be arranged on a Monday through Friday schedule. (Source: Bloomberg, February 15, 2023) Nearly two weeks after a train carrying carcinogenic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, the extent of the damage to the nearby community is still unclear. Independence, Ohio 44131 He also prepared the unions responses to various agencies proposals for rulemakings and proposed rules, and prepared responses to petitions for waiver from compliance with FRA regulations. All Rights Reserved. One uncle was a switchman in Mexico, Missouri for the GM&O, and his great uncle was a boomer who landed on the Southern Pacific in California and retired at the age of 82 with 64 years of service. He successfully negotiated the agreement for the W&LE for both locomotive engineers as well as the trainmen crafts in 2019. Brother Best has arbitrated hundreds of discipline cases and been a part of arbitrating over 20 rules cases pursuant to Section 3 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended. Some of his earliest memories are traveling with his father to GCA meetings in Denison, Texas and National Conventions in Cleveland, Ohio. Vice President Gibbons also was the Host Chairman of the 2003 Southwestern Convention Meeting in Branson, Missouri. His grandfather, Fredrick, worked as a conductor. He was elected to his first full term of office as General Chairman in May of 2013 and was reelected by acclamation in 2017 and 2021. The Fifth National Convention Dinner/Dance will be held Wednesday, October 12 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Departments Phone: 800.514.0010 (Source: Railway Age, February 15, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Feb. 14 denied as moot the petition for an emergency service order by Foster Poultry Farms (Foster Farms), which in late 2022 said there had been a substantial, measurable February 23, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, News, NS, NTSB, Top News, February 21, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, DOT, East Palestine-NS, News, NS, Remote Control, Top News, February 14, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, CSX, News, Short Line, Top News, February 13, 2023 | News, Railroad Retirement, Top News, February 10, 2023 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line, Top News, February 9, 2023 | News, Paid Sick Leave, Top News, February 9, 2023 | CP, News, Tentative Contract, Top News, February 8, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, CP-KCS Merger, News, Top News, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS, Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines. Merchandise February 15, 2023 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Delegate registration for the BLET's Fifth National Convention will take place on Sunday, October 9, 2022. Brother Semenek is a member of BLET Division 790 (Chicago) having joined the Brotherhood on February 1, 1995. He was elected by acclamation to the office of National Division Trustee at the BLETs Third National Convention in Las Vegas on October 1, 2014. Health & Welfare FRA Certification Helpline: (216) 694-0240, National Division History In his role as GCA Secretary-Treasurer, Brother Estes worked closely with the 25 other Division Secretary-Treasurers across the entire Amtrak system, as well as the other railroads that the GCA represents, including Keolis in Boston (BLET Division 57) and Virginia (BLET Division 14), and Transit America Services (TASI) in San Francisco/San Jose (BLET Division 65). He earned promotion to locomotive engineer in 1997 and joined BLET Division 60 on October 1, 1997. At the BLETs Fourth National Convention in 2018, he was elected by acclamation to the office of First Alternate National Vice President. BLET's change from delegate elections in convention to rank and file elections of National Division Officers was . Before his railroad career, Brother Wallace attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. From 2002-2008, he served as Local Chairman of Division 776. Online Services Immediately prior to his election to National Vice President, Brother Best served the BLET for nine years as General Chairman of the CSXT Eastern Lines General Committee of Adjustment (GCA), which represents about 1,200 active members. On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) prohibiting both BLET and SMART-TD from authorizing, encouraging, permitting, calling, or otherwise engaging in any strikes . will elect national officers and consider important resolutions. He also recently led negotiations for another on-property agreement with Bombardier Transportation Services for his members working in MARC commuter rail service. History It was the best job in the area with the best benefits. Brother Gibbons also served the Brotherhood as a delegate to the 2001 BLE International Convention in Miami Beach, and served on the Arrangements Committee during the 2006 First National Convention in Las Vegas and the 2010 Second National Convention in Reno, Nevada. Hall, the vice-chairman of . He has served as a delegate to the BLET National Conventions in 2001, 2006, 2010, and 2014, serving on the Credentials Committee in 2001. He has held continuous membership in BLET Division 404 since June 1, 1999. He served as an appointed Local Chairman for trainmen/conductors and Vice Local Chairman before becoming Local Chairman in 2000. Ballots are due on November 20 by 11:59 p.m. He was elected in 2004 as UP-Central Region GCA Alternate Secretary/Treasurer. Each local auxiliary in good standing (up-to-date with all dues and fees), and Effective July 1, 2013, he was elevated to the office of National Vice President upon the retirement of Vice President Willard E. Knight. His father, Arthur, was a conductor with the New York Central from 1940 to 1968. In 1997, he was elected Local Chairman of the Division and was reelected by acclamation continuously to the position until 2010. Immediately prior to his election, Brother Lyons served as a National Division Trustee. Brother Patrick Driscoll joined the BLET in 1994 as a Conrail locomotive engineer. Union Plus, BLET News Election were published in the August-September 2021 issue of the Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen News. Brother Bagby began his railroad carrier on April 15, 1993, as a maintenance of way trackman between Kansas City and St. Louis during the worst flooding in Missouri history. In 2011, he was elected to Vice General Chairman of the Conrail/CSXT Northern District GCA, later elevating to Alternate Vice General Chairman of the GCA in 2014. Immediately prior to his 2014 election to the Advisory Board, Vice President Louis served as General Chairman of the Conrail SAA/CSXT Northern District General Committee of Adjustment in Buffalo, N.Y. 2018 National Convention; 2018 Convention Delegate Information; . Brother Best was appointed by National President Dennis R. Pierce to serve as a Member of the Credentials Committee at the 2010 Convention, as the Chairman of the Credentials Committee at the 2014 Convention, and as a Member of the Bylaws Committee at the 2018 and 2022 Conventions. First Vice PresidentPresident Teamsters Rail ConferenceDepartment Head Trainmen Department. He was promoted to serve as Chairman of the New York State Legislative Board in 2008 and held that office until 2010. A vendor application is available online, and the website provides information regarding booth set up, loading and unloading, security, and other specifics, as well as access to links for hotel room and airport ground transportation reservations. He began serving the GCA in 2012 when he was elected to the office of 1st Vice General Chairman. Teamsters president Sean O'Brien speaks to the BLET convention, Monday, October 10 2022. He is a Union Pacific locomotive engineer and a member of BLET Division 404 (Chicago, Ill.). Updates and related information will be available on the BLETs National Convention website, https://bletconvention.org. 2 "The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time." . The member area makes it easy to stay up-to-date on important member-only issues. Supply, Retirement Throughout my 20 years with LECMPA, Ive loved going above and beyond to help people. He is a first-generation railroader, but he began a trend for others in his family. Vice President Louis transferred his BLET membership once again in 1998 and became a member of Division 421 in Buffalo, NY. Education & Training Near the end of Day 3 of the BLET's Fifth National Convention, delegates completed consideration and debate regarding the Bylaws Committee report. Auxiliary delegates will elect National Officers and consider important resolutions. He earned promotion to locomotive engineer on May 31, 1994, in his hometown of Abbeville, S.C. 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