BLET Division 5

Brothers,

UP will be sending you a portal message today about election of your additional LV/PL day .If you want to elect your Birthday you will need to follow the instructions.

UP Portal Message:

TO: ALL TE&Y EMPLOYEES

SUBJECT: ELECTION OF A PERSONAL LEAVE DAY, A SINGLE VACATION DAY, OR YOUR BIRTHDAY FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2023.

MESSAGE:   ALL ACTIVELY WORKING TE&Y EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN AFFORDED AN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATED DAY PER ARTICLE IV OF THE 2020 BLET/SMART-TD NATIONAL AGREEMENT(S) FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2023.  EMPLOYEES MUST ELECT IF THEY ARE TAKING THEIR BIRTHDAY VIA THE FOLLOWING LINK NO LATER THAN 2359 HOURS (EASTERN STANDARD TIME) ON DECEMBER 31, 2022.  EMPLOYEES WHO QUALIFY FOR AND FAIL TO MAKE THEIR ELECTION BY THIS DEADLINE WILL BE DEFAULTED TO A SINGLE VACATION DAY/PERSONAL LEAVE DAY.  MORE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED ABOUT HOW TO TAKE THIS ADDITIONAL PAID DAY AS VACATION OR PERSONAL LEAVE IN A FUTURE COMMUNICATION.

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(the link attached will create a TRM ticket that will look like below)…

Brothers,

please fillout the link below.

Take Action

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/28/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-averting-a-rail-shutdown/

December 20th is our last meeting of 2022. We will being going to lunch at Northwoods inn in Covina immediately following the meeting. Please try and make it, as you may see some long lost faces.

please let me know if you can make it so we can get a head count

Brothers,

Please cast your ballot for the National Division officers election. Everyone should have received their Ballot. This is your Union make your voice heard and exercise your right to take part in the Democratic process.

Fraternally

Paulo

I’m LIVE on the floor of the U.S. Senate to stand with rail workers as they fight for paid sick leave and improved working conditions from rail companies that made $20 billion in profits last year. https://t.co/CyeH2zUl0c

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) September 14, 2022

Brothers,

Please download and fill out this form any time your on duty more than 12 hours. please email your completed form to Paul Fancett (pjaa@sbcglobal.net). The Carrier has already been fined multiple times this year . Please hold them accountable.

The united Rail Unions issued the following statement on June 2, 2022:

The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition concluded their second week of compulsory joint National Mediation Board-mediated negotiations with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) yesterday.

These joint mediated negotiations, under the direction of the NMB Board Members themselves, resulted from the Unions’ request to be released from mediation after more than two years of bargaining with the major U.S. Class I railroads.

In spite of the Unions’ best efforts to negotiate a fair agreement, the NCCC and the rail carriers that it represents still refuse to make a comprehensive settlement proposal that our members would even remotely entertain. In fact, the carriers continue to advance proposals that insult the hard-working Union members who have carried our Nation through the pandemic.

Although all of the involved Unions would prefer to reach a voluntary agreement, it has become quite clear at this point that the rail carriers will not bargain in good faith to that end.  For that reason, all of the involved Rail Unions are again requesting that the NMB put forth a proffer of arbitration to move our contract dispute through the remaining steps of the Railway Labor Act.

Additional information will be provided as developments warrant. We appreciate your continuing support.