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IBT Election - 2011

Your ballot should have arrived via USPS. Follow direction carefully and mail early enough to arrive in Virginia before November 14^th, 2011.

BLET information on IBT election. BLET website

National Health and Welfware Plan Enrollment

Important health care announcement: Annual open enrollment for BLET members & families
Beginning September 26, 2011, Railroad Enrollment Services will begin mailing the annual enrollment packages to eligible Railroad employees for coverage under The Railroad Employees National Health and Welfare Plan (H&W Plan). Enrollment in the H&W Plan will provide coverage for Railroad employees and their eligible dependents effective January 1, 2012. The enrollment period for the H&W Plan will begin on October 3, 2011 and run through November 4, 2011. Railroad Enrollment Services must receive the completed open enrollment form no later than November 4, 2011.

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Flexable Spending Account

Enrollment for 2012 FSA. Explanation of plan and enrollment forms for 2012 FSA should be arriving via US mail this week. Review potential tax savings and decide if this plan will work for you and your family. Authorization form need to be returned by Dec. 9, 2011.

FSA (Flexable Spending Account) information can be found at www.myuhc.com, follow links.

Consolidated Agreement

The new consolidated agreement, BNSF Railway Company - Eastern and Western Lines (excluding Northern and Southern Divisions) - Schedule of Rates, Rules and Regulations (Updated December 2010) has been complied with everything that currently pertains, with the exception of the local agreements.

The purpose of this Agreement is to codify and combine in one document certain Articles, Agreements and Understandings (collectively “rules”) applicable on this property. The reissuance of the Rules in this updated Schedule is for the carrier’s and employees’ convenience and is not intended to effect substantive changes in the existing rights of the parties.

BLET 256 - Monthly Meeting

Beginning May 2011, we will meet at Breckenridge Brew Pub. They have a private and a semi-private area for meetings. We will be trying this place out for our May meeting. They start serving at 11:00 which is when our meeting begins, but the doors will be open by 10:30 in case you show up early.
It is located just over the bridge from the yard office, catty corner to Coors Field.
The address is 2220 Blake Street, Denver, CO 80205

Earning a Vacation

How to calculate days (trips) to earn a vacation for next year.

New SIRP Form for Colorado Division: SIRP Form for Colorado Div. was updated 05/08, the new form is used for reporting Unsafe Conditions on the Colorado Division.

Working Board History: Anyone can research a Denver or Trinidad board for nearly all the activations. We do miss one every now and then, but not very often.

To access boards, go to www.gmail.com where the boards are stored as emails. The log-in ID is "bletdiv.256@gmail.com " and the password is "256brothers".

When numerous General Committees of both freight and commuter rail of the BLET negotiated their collective bargaining agreements "employer paid disability insurance", Locomotive Disability Specialists provided the coverage. Link has also been placed on Useful Links page.

Keep informed, read union news on the BLE website.

Member information is constantly changing due to moving and new phone numbers. If your information is not current, please fill out Member update form and send to Sec./Tres. or provide this information to Tom Byrnas in some other manner.

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