BLET Division 5

Brothers,

Our Employer UPRR has so many complaints in the state of California

that they have designated a special officer just for us, like we’ve always told them

we are different here.

please store this information in case you need it in the future.

Carrier S.  Wetter, Director of Employee Relations

10031 Foothills Blvd.

Roseville, CA 95747

Bus: (916) 789-6009

Mobile: (832) 906-9397

E-mail: cswetter@up.com

2. Equal Employment Opportunity
The Company, through its policy and practice, provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for
employment without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, religion, veteran status, sexual
orientation, or any other ground prohibited by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment,
UP: Statement of Policy on Ethics and Business Conduct Page 5 of 7
8/22/2014including hiring, placement, promotion, demotion, termination, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and
training, as more fully explained in the Equal Employment Opportunity Policy.
3. Respectful Work Environment
The Company is committed to ensuring a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and
harassment. All employees should be treated with dignity and respect, which include creating a work environment
free of personally offensive behavior and statements directed at a person’s race, gender or any status protected
under law. In addition, the Company prohibits its employees from exhibiting threatening or violent behavior toward
other employees and those outside the Company with whom they have dealings, as is more fully described in the
Policy on Violence & Abusive Behavior in the Workplace.

Click to access pb15976.pdf

Click to access business_conduct.pdf

MUST HAVE PAPERWORK SUBMITTED BY 01/30/15

Brothers,

 Cornerstone insurance has extended their enrollment  period that was due to close 01/15/15. Please take a look at the information and rates (provide below) all you need to be eligible is to be a active member of the western lines BLET (pretty good for you older guys) pays on day 8 for injury, pays on day 15 for sickness

life insurance up to 250,000 with no pre-existing condition limitations. check it out our next meeting is Tuesday  jan 20 @ 1030 we will have a conference call or a webinar with a Representative from cornerstone who can answer all of your questions.

 

please call  Danielle  Harrison           cell  915-526-2863

email – dharrison@csagrp.com

 

 

 

UP Western Lines Paperwork Presentation & Rate Guide

Just another reason we should be paid more when working at night….

 

The 15 million Americans who work the night shift won’t hesitate to tell you about the toll their work lives take on their sleep schedules. However, quality shut-eye isn’t the only thing at risk when it comes to a shift worker’s health — especially among women working rotating night shifts, according to a new study.

Published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the study found that women who have worked rotating night shifts for five years or more not only experience shorter lifespans in general, but also have an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Those who have performed rotating shift work for 15 years or more are also more likely to die of lung cancer.

In the study, a team of international researchers monitored approximately 75,000 female registered nurses in the United States for 22 years through Nurses’ Health Study data, which included an interview with each nurse every other year. Defining rotating shift work as “working at least three nights per month in addition to days or evenings in that month,” the researchers asked the women how many years they had worked in this manner.

Of the women who worked rotating night shifts for more than six years, 11 percent experienced a shortened lifespan. Risk of death by cardiovascular disease jumped by 19 percent for those who worked this way for six to 14 years and by 23 percent for those who did so for 15 years or more. Women who worked rotating night shifts for more than 15 years also experienced a 25 percent higher risk of death due to lung cancer.

Previous research has acknowledged shift work’s many links to poor health: The World Health Organization deemed it a carcinogen in 2007 due to its repeated disruption of the body’s circadian rhythm, and it has also been associated with an increased risk for heart and brain problems. This study further reveals how important a role circadian rhythms play in cardiovascular health and tumor prevention.

“These results add to prior evidence of a potentially detrimental relation of rotating night shift work and health and longevity,” Eva S. Schernhammer, M.D., DrPH, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said in a statement. “To derive practical implications for shift workers and their health, the role of duration and intensity of rotating night shift work and the interplay of shift schedules with individual traits (e.g., chronotype) warrant further exploration.”

CMS is re-bulletining the sp760 re08, the jobs close on 01/13/15

 

POSITION………………….ENG
PERM/TEMP…………………PERM
DESCRIPTION……………….WEST COLTON – LONG BEACH POOL
TIME……………………..DAY 1, POD A, TURN 01 (0001-0600)
TWIC TRACKING NUMBER OR CARD REQUIRED

 

As we close out 2014, the officers of BLET Division 5 would like to wish you and your families Happy Holidays and a safe and prosperous 2015 .

 

Brothers,

 

Im sure your aware by now the company has cut the sp760 re08 pool, or shall I say they have taken those engineers who currently are on the re08 pool and added them to the re09. We are working on this….but just so you know this is what they are citing

 

page 2 of the agreement item #8

 

sp760 re08 pod pool

 Merry Christmas from all of us at Division 5

 

(with apologies to Dr. Seuss)

Every Rail down in Railville liked Christmas a lot,

But the Rail Grinch who ran the Rail’s railroad did not!

His stock price was dropping, his fuel costs were high!

Well, it must be the fault of some blue-collar guy!

“They’ll expect the day off, with their kids out of school,

As my freight trains sit idle, just burning up fuel.”

He fumed, as he stood there and he chewed on his nails,

And he looked down on Railville, just hating the Rails.

He puzzled and mused, and he wracked his Grinch brains,

“There must be some way to put men on my trains.

The schedules all say, ‘in event of emergency,’

I can run Rails, who are fresh out of surgery,

Filling my trains up, and running my freight,

I’d better get started before it’s too late!”

He stood in his suite, up on top of his tower,

Screeching out orders for over an hour.

“The fuel costs are rising, we have to move fast,

And run all our trains ’til the “danger” is past.

Emergency orders are now on the way.

Christmas will be just another work day!”

The crew callers called all the first-out Rail houses,

Waking up Rails and their kids and their spouses,

“Emergency orders! You have to move quick!”

“Christmas is canceled, we hear, from Saint Nick!”

The Rails and their kids and their dogs and their wives,

Resented the Grinch’s effect on their lives.

The Rail Grinch had thought that it just might be fun,

To personally call up a Rail around one.

“Hello? Who is this? Is the Papa Rail in?

I’ve got to run trains and I really need men.”

The voice that replied was both nervous and shy,

‘Why are you taking my Dad away? Why?”

But that nasty Rail Grinch was so crafty and slick,

He thought up a lie and he thought it up quick.

“Your gift’s in a boxcar way out there my Dear,

Your Dad needs to get it and bring it back here.”

“Now, go wake your Daddy,” the evil Grinch said,

“By the way, did I tell you that Santa is dead?”

His phone double clicked- it was Rail Grinch call waiting-

And he learned of the storm that had been his creating-

Then he heard the bad word come from his minor Grinches,

Of Rail freight train speeds that were measured in inches.

The words that his soulless Officials had said,

Rattled round and gained speed in his corporate head.

“The Rails all rejected our Christmas Yule tidings,

They’re killing their trains on the main between sidings,

There’s even reports that the sons-of-a-bitches,

Are tying down switchers on top of the switches.

They’re laying off sick and they’re laying off lame,

They’re claiming diseases that don’t have a name!”

“They’re killing their trains or they’re dodging our calls.

They’re claiming fatigue! Oh the balls! Balls! Balls!!

“Our “Visions and Values,’ they say, with a laugh,

Apply just to us and our corporate staff.

The tracks are all plugged and we can’t move the trains.

They’ve blocked all the sidings and yard tracks and mains.

I really don’t know, but I’d hazard a guess,

A week will be needed to clean up this mess.”

Well what happened next? Well, the Rails all surmise,

That the Rail Grinch’s sphincter grew three times in size.

The poor little thing was so over exerted,

By the size of the things that the Rails all inserted,

That the Grinch rubbed his butt, as he wiped off a tear,

And he said, “I don’t think we’ll work Christmas, next year.”

 

Credit – Nick Johnson Chairman Az State Legislative Board