BLE-T Division 130 meets the first Monday of every month at the Lenexa, KS. Community Center starting at 1:30 pm. It is the duty of all Division members to make as many meetings as possible.
Lorne Lindquist - President
Brian Eaton - Secretary/Treasurer
Jared McNew - Local Chairman
Steve Facklam - Legislative Representative and Vice-Local Chairman
The National Division has announced that they have reached a tentative contract with the NCCC in the current round of bargaining. In the next few weeks, BLE-T members will be receiving the agreement information along with a voting ballot. Any strike action is on hold pending the outcome of the BLE-T membership wide vote.
Currently the Wellington pool holds 87 engineer turns. No additions or subtractions from the previous mileage check. The next pool mileage check will be on 12/5/11.
Currently the Oklahoma City pool holds 12 engineer turns. No additions or subtractions from the previous mileage check. The next pool mileage check will be on 12/5/11.
Currently the Arkansas City pool holds 25 engineer turns. No additions or subtractions from the previous mileage check. The next pool mileage check will be on 12/5/11.
Division 130 monthly meeting Dec. 5th. (All Officers and members). Marathon Workshop Dec. 7th (Legislative Rep and Alternate Leg Rep)
Currently the Newton pool holds 10 engineer turns. No additions or subtractions from the previous mileage check. The next pool mileage check will be on 12/5/11.
BLE-T130.org is a mobile friendly website. The website will display very well in an iPhone or Android based phone. Keep up-to-date with your union while on the go.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) is a Division of the Rail Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). Its predecessor union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was the senior national labor organization in the United States and also North America's oldest rail labor union. The BLE marked its 140th anniversary in 2003 and was founded in Marshall, Mich. on May 8, 1863, as The Brotherhood of the Footboard; a year later, its name was changed to The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BLE merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and became the BLET on January 1, 2004.
MISSION STATEMENT: "The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen exists to promote and protect the rights, interests, and safety of its members through solidarity, aggressive representation, and education." From BLET National Division Rules, 2004.
MEMBERSHIP: The BLET represents Locomotive Engineers, Conductors, Brakemen, Firemen, Switchmen, Hostlers and other Train Service Employees on numerous railroads in the United States. The BLET's total membership is more than 59,000 and growing, in spite of industry consolidation. Since Jan. 1, 1992, Locomotive Engineers must be trained and tested to be federally certified and licensed to operate trains.
AFFILIATIONS: The BLET is the founding member of the Rail Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE: Local units of the BLET are known as Divisions. Each Division elects four primary local officers - President, Local Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer and Legislative Representative - each serving three-year terms. The BLET is comprised of more than 600 Divisions.
HEADQUARTER OFFICES: The BLET National Division is located at: Standard Building, 1370 Ontario St., Mezzanine, Cleveland, OH 44113-1702 (built and owned by the BLET). The National Legislative Office is located in IBT Headquarters in Washington D.C.
For more information, contact the BLET Public Relations Department at the International Office by calling (216) 241-2630, ext. 248, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., E.T.
FORT WORTH, December 1 — Exactly two weeks ago an excerpt from my President’s Message in the October/November issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News was published on this website.
Read more →
By a 61 percent majority, Ohio voters resoundingly rejected legislation that would have reduced the collective bargaining power of about 360,000 public workers in the state.
Read more →
As most of you are aware, it has been a very busy time within Division 130, the BLE-T, and at BNSF. A Presidential Emergency Board and a potential strike are some of the many question Division officers have fielded recently.
Read more →Active Union Members are those that attend union meetings, vote at the ballot box, voice their opinions and concerns, keep educated on labor and industry news, and demand that employers respect workers' rights and dignity.
Solidarity involves commitment, and work, as well as the recognition that even if we do not have the same feelings, or the same lives, or the same bodies, we do live on common ground.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) is a Division of the Rail Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). The BLE was founded in Marshall, Mich. on May 8, 1863, as The Brotherhood of the Footboard; a year later, its name was changed to The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BLE merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and became the BLET on January 1, 2004.
BLE-T Division 130
1521 Regency Dr., 64060, Kearney, MO. US
T (816) 665 5536
Email:
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mother Jones
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
President John F. Kennedy
The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all Americans.
President Jimmy Carter
Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor
President Dwight Eisenhower
Only a fool would try to deprive working men and women of the right to join the union of their choice.
President Harry S. Truman
The right to join a union of one’s choice is unquestioned today and is sanctioned and protected by law.
Samuel Gompers
Let your watchword be: Union and progress, and until then, no surrender.
Eugene Debs
What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.
President Harry S. Truman
It is time that all Americans realized that the place of labor is side by side with the businessman and with the farmer, and not one-degree lower.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
If I were a worker in a factory, the first thing I would do would be to join a union.
Daniel Webster
Labor is the great producer of wealth: it moves all other causes.
Sidney Hillman
We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no child will cry for food in the midst of plenty.
