Another Union Goes Democratic

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http://www.ble-t.org/pr/newsletter/1210newsletter.pdf

In the days before this issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News went to press, BLET members throughout the United States did something that the members of this great Union had never done in our 147 year history — they elected their national leadership!

First two pages of the PDF go into more detail. BLET is now associated with the Teamsters.

 

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http://www.ble-t.org/pr/newsletter/1210newsletter.pdf




First two pages of the PDF go into more detail. BLET is now associated with the Teamsters.

In an historic first in the 147-year history of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and
Trainmen, three National Division officers
and one Alternate have been elected by a direct
vote by rank-and-file members.
By a 57%-43% margin, members reelected
Dennis R. Pierce to the office of National President.
He is the 23rd President in the 147-year history of the
BLET and the first elected by a popular vote of all active
membership.

WOW! It sure would be nice to do this with the twu....To bad it's impossible!!!
Growing up in Blue Island Il. with the Rock Island switching yard across our alley in our back yard, and my uncle's working for the RR,I can appreciate a story like this. Ah, the days of putting pennies on the track, collecting RR spikes, and being shot at with salt, from the caboose for throwing rocks, priceless.

 

[MCI transplant]

<_< -------Imagine that! It must be catching! 😉