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2008 Profit Sharing Proposal We were all surprised by the PS of 2007. While BNSF had another year of record profits our profit sharing dropped to 38% of max amount. All 4 BLET GC began working with the carrier to address our concerns with profit sharing. What they have been able to do is to give us some time to view at least the first quarter earnings of 2008 before we make the decision to snap back or to move forward. There will also be another opportunity in 2009. A vote by each local, and responses to General Committee are required on or before March 15th. Read the proposal and other information (Final system profit sharing proposal packet, which includes the proposal, cover, system ballot as well as goals/performance for 06 and 07 and goals for 08 - download size 1,488 kb). During the meeting on March 11th we will discuss and vote on the proposal. New Contract By a majority of 2-1, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen members nationwide voted in favor of the new national freight rail contract. The votes from the other unions have been counted and has been ratified. read more on the BLET web site. With a majority of 10-1 in favor, the on property proposal between the BLET and BNSF was accepted. BLET and BNSF entered into negotiations after the national settlement had been agreed to in principle and our "on property" proposal is the product of Article 2 negotiations. Passed with the ratification of the National Agreement. 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.yahoomail.com where the boards are stored as emails. The log-in ID is "blet256@yahoo.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. Monthly Meeting Location: Beginning with our meeting on December 11th, 2007 we will meet at the Park Avenue Café at our usual time. This café is the old "Denny's" on the corner behind the 31st St. yard office and next door to the La Quinta Hotel. Our meeting time is still 11:00 AM on the second Tuesday of the month. 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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