
Quick Reference Index Updated: 6/20/09
BLET General
Chairman's Action Alert Page (Updated 6/20/09)
Help needed to document radio problems
in Hoboken & MMC.
BLET Injured Employee's
Bill of Rights
Now in pdf format for
easier printing.
BLET
Locomotive inspection guide (pdf)
BLET Unofficial
membership discussion board (added 3/5/09)
CIRT Committee
agreement with NJ Transit (Updated 2/12/09)
Division
272 Chaplain's Page (Updated 1/24/09)
Division 272 Jackets
and Hats
Division 272
meeting dates and location for 2009
Division Officers
including GCA and 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
(Updated 3/29/09)
Rules study guide update for 2009.
Ergonomics
Committee (updated 5//09) Why we need an Ergonomics
Committee and a first look at the new
ALP45DP Dual Powered locomotive.
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 2009
Humor: 10 Reasons You
Should Not Become A Union Officer.
Links Page (Link
added
12/21/08)
Political Action
Page and Newsroom
(updated 6/14/09) BLET, UTU file
joint petition to prohibit one-person crews.
Safety Bulldog
(Added 6/15/08)
The whys and wherefores of "Behavior Based " safety and
why the company wants the employee to "buy" into it.
Ten Commandments for Student
Engineers
Now with a printer friendly version.
Learning to Qualify
for Student Engineers
Now with a printer
friendly version.
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 4/6/09
A quick first look at the coming ALP45DP Dual-Powered locomotives
New 3/5/09
www.njtblet.com
Brothers & Sisters,
With high membership interest, the BLET General Committee is now linking to an hosted and moderated by members, for their use only. It supplements and enhances both division unofficial web sites by allowing BLET/NJT members to communicate and share ideas and opinions in real time. It is not intended to replace or act as report of what goes on in division meetings. It is a private membership discussion board unaffiliated with the BLET GCA
The BLET/NJT General Committee believes the idea has enough membership interest and is of value for BLET union members to be a success. In addition to supplementing Division meetings, a well run discussion board fits well with our union's goal of uniting all BLET NJT members and organizing representation into an interesting exchange of ideas. As with any Union forum, we ask all who participate in the unofficial BLET NJT Discussion Board to respect your brother's and sister's rights to privacy and dignity, attend your division meetings and give support to your union.
Our thanks to Brother Dave (Steamroller) Petersman for the web talent, driving digital force and conceptual vision of what he wanted to do and persistence to accomplish the task. He made it look easy and happen so fast.
Nothing stops Dave.
The BLET GCA thanks Brother Dave Decker for the time, effort and database skills to bring this General Committee into the Twenty First Century and define its vision for the future. You took it home. You are The Man.
Many members and officers contributed and continue to do more in order to get the effort up and moving. Once up, it will be easier to maintain.
There are even more members needed to connect to each other by becoming mobilization captains at the local division level. The more that participate the easier the job will be for all. Our General Committee supports this effort 100%.
In encouraging the effort the BLET/NJT General Committee asks each member to update all Division mobilization contact information through their Local Division Secretary Treasurer/representative. Their updated division mobilization record will be the only gateway to unofficial BLET/NJT Discussion Board. A division member may register on the unofficial BLET/NJT Discussion Board www.njtblet.com by following instructions on the site , but members with missing or inaccurate division contact information will not be granted access to the web site. In order to ensure your access is granted, please confirm all of your contact information is up to date with your local division representative.
The unofficial discussion board address is: www.njtblet.com
Fraternally,
R. Darcy
GC BLET NJT
New 1/09/09
Brothers and Sisters,
The below New Federal Statute for Railroad Employees which prohibits any railroad carrier or person from denying, delaying or interfering with the medical or first aid treatment of an employee who is injured during the course of employment is provided to update you and our members on this subject matter. I strongly encourage you to post this information or your BLET Boards and disseminate to our members at you Monthly Union Meetings. In fact, I encourage you to make sufficient copies for each member to carry in their grip and show it to any officers that may imply interference with medical treatment if someone is injured.
Fraternally yours,
Don Moates, General Chairman
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
CSXT - Western Railroad Lines
SEC. 419. PROMPT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 20109 is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (i) as subsections
(d) through (j), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
‘‘(c) PROMPT MEDICAL ATTENTION.— ‘‘ (1) PROHIBITION.—A railroad carrier or person covered under this section may not deny, delay, or interfere with the medical or first aid treatment of an employee who is injured during the course of employment. If transportation to a hospital is requested by an employee who is injured during the course of employment, the railroad shall promptly arrange to have the injured employee transported to the nearest hospital where the employee can receive safe and appropriate medical care.
‘‘(2) DISCIPLINE.—A railroad carrier or person covered under this section may not discipline, or threaten discipline to, an employee for requesting medical or first aid treatment, H. R. 2095—46 or for following orders or a treatment plan of a treating physician, except that a railroad carrier’s refusal to permit an employee to return to work following medical treatment shall not be considered a violation of this section if the refusal is pursuant to Federal Railroad Administration medical standards for fitness of duty or, if there are no pertinent Federal Railroad Administration standards, a carrier’s medical standards for fitness for duty. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘discipline’ means to bring charges against a person in a disciplinary proceeding, suspend, terminate, place on probation, or make note of reprimand on an employee’s record.’’
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 20109 is amended—
(1) in subsection (d), as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section—
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) or (b)’’ in paragraph (1) and
inserting ‘‘(a), (b), or (c)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘(c)(1)’’ in paragraph (2)(A)(i)
and inserting ‘‘(d)(1)’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘(a) or (b)’’ in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) and
inserting ‘‘(a), (b), or (c)’’; and
(2) in subsection (e), as so redesignated—
(A) by striking ‘‘(c)’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘(d)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘(c)’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘(d)’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘(c)(3)’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting
‘‘(d)(3)’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘(c)’’ in paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘(d)’’.
New 12/20/08
Tickets for the Atlantic City Express trains will be available in February, 2009.
Check out their web site and see what the service we will provide will provide.
New
10/18/08
FRA HSL - Changes to
Hours of Service Act
Inserted language is
underlined and in red and deleted language is
struck-out and in blue.
New
10/23/08
FRA
clamps down on use of electronic devices with Emergency Order 26
In the aftermath of the most deadly passenger rail accident in more than a decade, and just days after the National Transportation Safety Board reported that the engineer of one of the trains involved in the September 12 tragedy had sent and received dozens of text messages while on duty, the Federal Railroad Administration ("FRA") is issuing an Emergency Order that severely restricts the use of cell phones and other wireless communication and personal electronic devices by operating crews.
Read the summary and see the flow chart
Read
the full FRA Emergency Order
Read the
NTSB Metrolink investigation advisory dated 10/1/08
New 6/23/08
BLET Division
272 Quarterly
Safety Picture Contest
The members of BLE&T Division
272 that attended the last meeting thought that the members of Division 373
had a great idea: Document safety issues so that they may be brought before
management in a convincing fashion. To this end the members of Division 272
created a Quarterly Safety Picture Contest
to encourage all members to participate. The requirements of the
BLE&T Division 272 Quarterly Safety Picture Contest
are listed below. We are certain that the rewards for the full participation
of the membership of Division 272 will go well beyond the monetary rewards
offered...for all engineers on New Jersey Transit.
1. Pictures must be digital, taken in 2008,
submitted by a Division 272 member on or before the February meeting. A printed
copy of the pictures will be used for voting at the meeting.
2. Pictures must be of a hazard to NJT employee(s) taken in 2008 or 2009.
3. Pictures must not be of a previous hazard photo(s) submitted.
4. Pictures must be labeled by location, date and members name/initials.
5. Send by email to Division 272 Secretary/Treasurer:
Jimmy Pratt
or bring a printed copy to the August meeting.
6.
Judging will be at regular August, 2008 meeting.
7. Judging of pictures or disputed entry will be by secret ballot of majority of
members in attendance at February, 2008 meeting.
8. Voters in attendance will be held to total of odd number so no ties.
9. Prizes will be awarded at the February meeting.
First Prize: $50.00.
Second Prize: $20.00.
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
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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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Adobe Reader. If you don't have it click on
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Stay in touch with your Division 272 officers!
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
Remember, if you don't participate, don't complain.
We won an award!
See what award we won!
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
Division Engineer's Web Site does not constitute endorsement of the included information or links by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers or it's members nor does the content of the "Unofficial" Hoboken Division Engineer's Web Site represent the opinions of the BLE Hoboken Division engineers or their families, the membership of BLE Division 272 or their families, any other members of the BLE in general or their families, the Management of New Jersey Transit, their employees, their vendors, the vendor's employees, New Jersey Transit's customers, their vendors and employees, any local, state, and federal employees of any railroad regulatory agencies that have anything to do with New Jersey Transit or the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, its successors, and/or assigns, and their families, inclusive. All material submitted for inclusion in the "Unofficial" Hoboken Division Engineer's Web Site becomes the immediate property of the "Unofficial"
Hoboken Division Engineer's Web Site" to be used and distributed at will without reimbursement to the contributor in any shape, form, or manner. The Management of the "Unofficial" Hoboken Division Engineer's Web Site reserves the right to edit all submissions for content and length. All logos are the property of their respective owners.
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

