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Following the Senate’s passage of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 (NDAA), the Teamsters, and our affiliated railroad unions, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (BMWED), celebrate the inclusion of the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act within the bill.
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) welcomes the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) newly proposed rule mandating the use of automated track inspection technology by railroads and is especially encouraged that it works as a supplement to human track inspection.
The Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2024 is a stronger piece of legislation than a similar Rail Safety bill currently being considered in the Senate. The House bill contains good language that strengthens and clarifies Train Approach Warning track protection, giving BMWED members more and safer tools to protect on-track work.
The Teamsters Rail Conference participated in a panel discussion with White House officials and the Federal Railroad Administration last week where issues ranging from pending Congressional rail legislation to the negative consequences of precision scheduled railroading and its implications on membership were discussed in-depth.
Scenes from this month's BMWED Legislative Directors and Assistants Workshop in Washington D.C.
Members from 21 different states convened this week in Washington, D.C. in their roles as state legislative directors to sweep Capitol Hill on behalf of the BMWED-IBT and Rail Labor.
BMWED Vice President Sean Gerie, Director of Safety Roy Morrison and Director of Government Affairs Jeff Joines met with Buttigieg and Bose in Washington, D.C. where the two announced a new FRA rule mandating two-person train crews on all Class I freight carriers.
Thanks to the diligent work of BMWED State Legislative Directors, the BMWED is making significant progress in adding on-track equipment to state highway crossing law nationwide.
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