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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.
This week marked the second installment of the 2024 BMWED Learning Labs, hands-on training events offering Lodge Officers a chance to practice and develop skills they can use to add value and impact to their Local Lodge meetings.
BMWED members convened in Minneapolis to strengthen themselves through knowledge. Their initiative to attend is quite honestly the lifeblood of our Brotherhood.
The BMWED has received a vote in favor of the July 11, 2024 Executive Board Ballot, approving $500 and $2,000 Disaster Relief Benefits to BMWED members who suffered certain loses and are victims of severe weather in the state of Texas.
The proposed decrease of 21 percent from last year’s RRB budget would represent $26 million to an agency that is already financially strapped. Without sufficient funding, the RRB would be forced to close field offices and/or reduce hours of service, resulting in longer phone wait times and less staff on hand.
Since 1991, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded more than $5.6 million to students of union families. Over 4,000 union families have benefited from our commitment to higher education.
BMWED members and family are eligible for the Union Plus Scholarship. Amounts range from $500 to $4,000. These one-time cash awards are for study beginning in the Fall of 2025. Students may re-apply each year. In 2024 BMWED had 4 winners totaling over $2,500 in scholarship funds.
The BMWED is proud to have several Sisters present at this year’s Teamsters Women’s Conference representing the Teamsters Rail Conference.
The BMWED National Association met June 26 in Cherokee, N.C. for a full day’s agenda of pressing topics facing the Brotherhood and its membership.
Union Plus recently awarded $200,000 in scholarships to 209 students representing 42 unions, including four winners representing the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED-IBT).
Congratulations to the 4 BMWED Winners!
Nathaniel W. Barker,
Kaydence M. Burclaw,
Katelyn Oliverson &
Jera Schuerman
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