What's Inside Volume 15 - Number 9 September 2001 DC Feedback: Locomotive cab temperatures Carriers' second quarter income statements EUMA photo highlights EUMA photo highlights Spouses hot over cab temperatures Fatigue relief bill reintroduced Legislation introduced to protect workers from scabs News briefs 2001 RRB Informational Conferences BLE Senior Report: RRB annual financial statement BLE Senior Report: Zoll new RRB Chief Information Officer Steam engineers wanted for film documentary Advisory Board August Activity Calendar & Events

Railroad Retirement bill now in Senate S. 697, the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001, is currently awaiting action in the Senate Finance Committee as this issue of the Newsletter goes to press. Complete Story ID convention set for Miami A total of 625 delegates from the U.S. and Canada will convene in Miami, Fla., on September 24 for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Seventh Quinquennial International Convention. Complete Story Lawsuit delays vote count in BLE-UTU merger Three BLE members have filed a lawsuit in Cleveland's federal court to void the proposed merger of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers with the United Transportation Union. Complete Story

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