Quick Reference Index Updated: 4/27/08
BLET Injured Employee's
Bill of Rights
BLET
Locomotive inspection guide (pdf)
CIRT Committee
agreement with NJ Transit
Division
272 Chaplain's Page
Division 272 Jackets
and Hats
Division 272
meeting dates and location
Division Officers
including National Officers
Download a BLE application
Not a BLE
member but wish you were?
Now is the perfect opportunity to join.
Downloadable forms and
information courtesy of Rebecca Brown and the BLE 171 Web Page (added 1/6/07)
Family Medical
Leave Downloads
District court decision on
FMLA Railroad employees win big in decision against carriers (PDF File added 1/6/07)
Family Medical Leave Act Form (PDF File)
FMLA Fact Sheet (Printer Friendly Form)
Engineer Training Page (4/27/08)
New Signals Quizzer page updated
Added: Qualifying Amtrak's Northeast Division West (PDF File)
and NORAC Signals Test (Beta Edition)
Ergonomics
Committee (Updated 10/19/07) First review of the P40
locomotives for the Casino Service.
FRA Fun Facts Page Stuff engineers would like to know
(new stuff added 4/2/08)
Guest Editorials
(Added 4/4/08) The True cost of shopping at Wal-Mart.
Holidays for 2008
Humor
(Updated 1/19/08)
10 Reasons You
Should Not Become A Union Officer.
Links Page (Link
added
2/1/08)
Political Action
Page and Newsroom (Updated 3/28/08) Ed
Rodzwicz new BLET President
BLET
ratifies new contract at LIRR.
Amtrak deal
with unions averts strike.
Safety Bulldog
(Added 4/2/08) Why
companies claim on the job injuries are the result of employees own unsafe behavior.
Ten Commandments for Student Engineers
Time claim codes
T'men's Page Who says the
BLE is not trying to help?
Weather.com Get your local area forecast right now.
New 3/28/08
BLET members ratify
Amtrak contract
New
3/3/08
Bombardier to Supply New Locomotives for NJ Transit
Revised 1/19/08
Summary of
HR 2095
The Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007
What it is and how it might affect your job.
New 9/23/07
Now here is something that
labor has always known but management hasn't figured out yet:
The setting for a fatal injury rate more than double
the rate for all workers, railroads are hazardous workplaces, especially for
brake, signal, and switch operators; rail vehicles pose hazards even to workers
in nonrailroad occupations.
Read the report from
the Federal Government's Bureau of Labor Statistics
Thanks to
the
National Association of
State Legislative Board Chairmen
and
LAWRENCE M. MANN
Alper & Mann P.C.
9205 Redwood Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
(202) 298-9191
1-800-747-6266
What Every Railroad Worker Should Know About the Federal
Railroad Safety Laws and Regulations
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All Division 272 engineers: If you have recently changed your mailing address, email address, or phone number please let your Secretary/Treasurer know as soon as possible. This is necessary to pass information between the Division and it's members and to keep our records up to date with the National Division.
Those members who have questions about, or wish to contribute to, Division 272 but cannot attend the monthly meetings you can email any of the Division Officers
or
write to the Division at:
BLET Division 272
PO Box 153
Netcong, NJ 07857-0153
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Addendum:
Before
you call your lawyers and sue us, please read the "Unofficial Hoboken Division
Engineer's eye test and small print disclaimer" below:
The "Unofficial" Hoboken
Division Engineer's Web Site is the concept of several members of BLE Hoboken Division and is for the entertainment of Hoboken Division engineers only (and anyone who might want to check it out). The inclusion of any information or links in the "Unofficial" Hoboken
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This site is provided free of charge to the members of Division 272 through the efforts of the Division 272 members Bill "Gumby" Guimes and Steve Kay. Except for the sole personal use of our viewers, no portion of this web site may be reproduced in any form or manner without the express written permission of the web guy.
Thank you, Vets!
Steve Kay, Web Guy - Republic of Vietnam
- 1969-70
