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Chairman Bill Fleischmann and the New York State Legislative Board want to remind all members to vote. Voting can be done in person on November 3rd or by absentee ballot. New York State also has early voting. Call your county board of elections if you wish to vote early for instructions.
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NY State 2 person crew bill

Thanks to the diligence of the members of the New York State Legislative Board, a new 2 person crew bill has been introduced in the New York State Senate. S7151 will require all freight trains to have 2 qualified employees on the head end during over the road moves. Call your state senator and tell him or her that you want them to support this bill. https://www.nysenate. Update: The same bill has been introduced in the New York State Assembly by Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli A9090
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Member Registration

Welcome to the NYSLB.org website. Please register if you are a member if a BLET division in NY State. Registered members get access to areas on the site that the genereal public does not have. We will be updating information and reporting issues and activities of your officers in these areas. To register go to http://nyslb.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/user_signup.
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BLET members urged to act on INVEST in America Act

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 25 — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, BLET Auxiliary, retirees, and their family members are urged to contact their legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the INVEST in America Act. read more... https://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp.
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Governor Cuomo Announces FY 2020 Executive Budget Will Strengthen Protections Against Assault for Transportation Workers

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the FY 2020 Executive Budget includes new measures to protect transportation workers in New York State against assault. Under the new provisions, offenders charged with attacking transportation workers would be subject to a Class D felony, which is punishable by a mandatory term of imprisonment of up to seven years and a fine of up to $5,000.
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NYSLB Thanks Former Sec/Treas Libruk

April 16, 2019 The New York State Legislative Board thanked former Secretary/Treasurer James Libruk for years of dedicated service with a plaque. The Board celebrated with a dinner in Saratoga Springs on the eve of the spring executive board meeting. Brother Libruk was a member of Division 867 until it merged with Division 46 in 2016.
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CREW VAN BILL BECOMES LAW IN WASH. STATE

CREW VAN BILL BECOMES LAW IN WASH. STATE After a prolonged five-year battle against the railroad carriers’ opposition to legislation to ensure the safety of their own employees; ESHB 1105, the number one priority of the SMART TD Washington State Legislative Board, was finally enacted into statute law May 16, when a large group of railroad workers who traveled to Olympia, Wash.
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New York State Legislative Board

The New York State Legislative Board promotes the health and safety of locomotive engineers working on railroads across New York State. Our members work for major class 1 railroads and short lines serving industries and customers through the state. Our members also operate trains for national and regional passenger rail systems operating throughout New York.
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State of Emergency For NYC Transit System

NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he has declared a state of emergency over New York City's troubled public transit system and has asked its new leader to complete a series of urgent reviews of the agency's management and aging infrastructure. read more... source: USNEWS. Read More...

Federal regulators must prohibit one-person freight train crews

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 16 — John Previsich, president of SMART Transportation Division and Dennis Pierce, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, issued this statement following the joint submission of comments responding to the Federal Railroad Administration’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking establishing a minimum size for train crews. Read More...

RAIL WORKERS: DEADLY TIRED

The rail business is an industry full of tired, stressed workers. It is an epidemic. I know this first-hand because, before coming to the NTSB several years ago, I spent more than 30 years working in the freight railroad industry. While freight railroad managers and crews count on reliable schedules to make their shipments and make their customers happy, there is no routine schedule for the hundreds of thousands of crewmembers employed in this business. As a result, many railroad workers are literally walking and working in their sleep. By Georgetta Gregory NTSB Safety Compass Read More...