Engineers picket CSXT
For two days in March, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
conducted informational picketing against CSX Transportation along the route
of a special train carrying the railroad's Board of Directors from New Orleans
to Nashville.
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BLE files lawsuit over remote
control
The lawsuit, filed on March 22 in the U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia, claims that Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and Federal
Railroad Administrator (FRA) Allan Rutter have not lived up to their responsibilities
in administering the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, and the Locomotive
Inspection Act, which regulates interstate commerce and safety in the railroad
industry.
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ID to create Passenger Service
Department
International President Don M. Hahs announced in early April that the
BLE is in the process of establishing a Passenger/ Commuter Service Department
to improve the services it provides to all passenger railroad general committees
of adjustment.
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Teamsters, BLE meet again
Members of the BLE's Executive Committee will meet with members of the
Teamsters General Executive Board in early April to discuss the proposed
merger or affiliation of the two unions.
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