Organizing Victory! Illinois Railway Workers Officially Recognized as Members of the BMWED Burlington System Division Published: May 21 2020 11:54AM
Organizing Victory! Today the 11 previously non-union workers at the Illinois Railway, LLC division of OmniTRAX were officially recognized as members of the Burlington System Division of the BMWED-IBT. While the operating crafts organized into the BLET in 2014, the track department (including signal) and the locomotive shop remained non-union until today. Please join us in welcoming these new Brothers into the BMWED!