The Locomotive Engineer Newsletter

Advisory Board January 2000 Activity

By action of the delegates at the Fifth Quinquennial Convention, summaries of BLE Advisory Board members' activities are published monthly:

International President Edward Dubroski-International Office: General supervision of BLE activities; Subcommittee, Washington D.C.; TTD meeting, Washington D.C.; North Carolina, NS contract mtg.; National talks, D.C.; AFL-CIO mtg., D.C.; Mtg., legislative representatives of BMWE & BLE, Washington D.C.; Publications Cmte.

First Vice-President & Alternate President James L. McCoy-International Office. Assisted president supervising BLE activities; FVP duties, contacted GCs, SLBCs, telephone calls, correspondence, etc.; Holiday; TTD mtgs., D.C; GCA mtg., Asheville, N.C.; Section Six mtgs., D.C.; CRLO mtgs.; Publications Cmte.

General Secretary-Treasurer Russ Bennett-International Office: Supervision of BLE Financial depts.; Records Dept.; BLE Job Bank; CRLO and TTD-Rail mtgs.; Publications Cmte.

Vice-President Paul T. Sorrow-Attended BLE/NS Southern Quadrennial General Committee session; Assisted NS GCofAs in reaching tentative wage/rules settlement; Mtg. w/ all BLE/NS local chairmen and general chairmen; National Wage/Rules mtg.; Mtg. in Toledo, Ohio, to resolve seniority issue in connection w/ Conrail acquisition; Assisted Grand Trunk GCofA in wage/rules mtgs.; Assisted CSX GCofAs w/ various issues; Reviewed cases for PLB and SBAs on NS; General office duties; Mtg. a ID office.

Vice-President Joseph A. Cassidy Jr.- General office duties; Study & paperwork; Mtg. w/ PATH GCofA; Mtg. w/ Federal mediator, re: St. Lawrence & Hudson; Mtg. w/ FRA; Mtg. w/ Harriman Award Cmte.; Mtg. w/ SEPTA GCofA; Prepare SBA 93; Mtg. w/ Amtrak; Prepare SBA 928; Mtg. w/ CP Rail on equity issues; Mtg. w/ Delaware & Hudson, re: contract negotiations; Mtg. w/ Gen'l. Chairman Twombley, re: Springfield Terminal Rwy.; Work on Harriman Award criteria; Mtg. w/ Executive Committee at ID; Mtg. w/ General Counsel Ross, RE: DM&IR; Represented President Dubroski at Amtrak ACELA inaugural train in Penn Station, NY.

Vice-President & U.S. Nat'l Legislative Representative Leroy D. Jones-Washington D.C. Office; RR subcommittee; Mtg. w/ Jack Wells, staff member, House T&I cmte.; Publications Cmte mtg.; Receptions Cong. Gephardt (D-MO); AAR holiday reception; Democratic Club Holiday; Mtg. w/ BMWE, TWU, ATDD; FRA technical review cmte., locomotive inspection; BLE Div. 75 Christmas party; Recption for Jean Elliott Brown, Democratic candidate, 16th dist., Fla.; Mtg. w./ CSX, re: locomotive air conditioning and sanitation; FRA locomotive crashworthiness cmte.; Mtg. w/ VP Gore; Tony Coehlo campaign chairman; Donna Brazil, Campaign manager; Don Fowler, former DNC chairman; AFL-CIO political dir. mtg.; Holiday.

Vice-President William C. Walpert-ID Office; BLE Education & Training Dept.; Internal Organizing, Mobilizing & Strategic Planning Dept.; BLE Safety Task Force; BLE Special Reps.; UP/SP project mtg. w/ Special Reps, Regional Mobilization Coordinators in Las Vegas; Div. 573 mtg., Greenville, Texas; KCS mtg., Dallas.

Vice-President Edward W. Rodzwicz- General office duties; UP/SP project, mtg. w/ District Coordinators, Div. contacts, state legislative chairmen and BLE-UTU members; NS Eastern region; Assignment per President Dubroski; General Chairmen's mtg.; Mtg. in North Platte w/ President Dubroski, FVP McCoy, SR J. Tolman and BLE-UTU members; Vacation.

Vice-President Don M. Hahs- BNSF system including MRL, UP South & West, SP East & South, SSW, DLGW, Tacoma Belt, Pac Harbor Belt; General office duties; Work-Rest mtgs.; BNSF wage/rule & Availability Policy mtgs.; Mtg. w/ BLE mobilization cmte.; Arbitration of various seniority issues pending from hub agreements; Mtg. w/ GC Poe & Young on various issues; Telephone conference w/ G.C. Mitchell, Portland Hub Zone 2 & 3; Funeral of former Div. 266 LC E.C. Hayman; Conference call on UP PLB 6701 w/ First VP McCoy, Slone, & Neutral.

Vice-President Richard K. Radek- International Office; BLE Decertification Helpline services; Director of Arbitration Dept; National Railroad Adjustment Board (NRAB) arbitration, various, adoption, executive sessions, misc. admin.; METRA general assistance; NRAB general assistance, BRC/IHB; BNSF PLB 6190, 3rd party participation & prep.; Section 3 Subcommittee, various; General assistance, negotiations, IHB; FRA Part 240 dockets EQAL 96-5, 98-09, 98-30.

Vice-President Dale McPherson - I&M Rail Link; CP/SOO, UP East Lines; TRRA-St. Louis; Indiana Railroad Co.; Review submission PLB 5997; Conference call, GC Murphy, Young; General office duties, telephone & paperwork; IMRL contract mtgs. w/ GC Priester; PLB 5997 hearing; Correspondence; Mtg. w/ MNA general chair.; IRR contract negotiations; Attend BLE Div. 204 mtg.

Vice-President & Canadian Director Gilles Hallé-Ottawa Office; Attend funeral for Div. 558 member P. Davis; Div. 558 and Div. 753 mtgs. w/ B.E. Wood; CISD course; RCTC negotiations.

Vice-President & National Legislative Representative-Canada T. George Hucker-Ottawa Office; Canadian National Legislative Board; CLC mtgs., re: Canada Labour Code Part II and Part III; CNR Operational practices mtg.; Funeral for Div. 558 member; Working group on crossing safety mtg.; CLC National Political Action Cmte. mtgs.; NLB mtgs.; CPR-DMC mtgs.; Mtg. w/ CP Rail, re: branchlines; CPR senior health & safety mtg.; Crossing regulations working group mtg. Mtg. w/ CN Rail, re: Hours of Service.

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