Join BMWED Education Director Ash Anderson for an Educational Open Forum Thursday, June 1 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. This open forum affords BMWED rank-and-file members the opportunity to learn more about upcoming educational initiatives that are planned for the weeks, months and year ahead.
In 2023 the BMWED received the highest number of applications to date with more than 300 applicants. We had many very strong submissions and would like to thank all the applicants for their efforts. We highly encourage all the applicants to apply again next year if eligibility is retained. Here you will find our six (6) winners for 2023!
Congratulations to the newly-elected officers of the BMWED's Elgin, Joliet, & Eastern System Division. Small in number but mighty in solidarity!
Being a railroad mother gets short shrift. The lack of women in the rail crafts primarily drives that sentiment, but certainly does not excuse it.
The latest edition of the BMWED Journal is now digitally available.
During the last three years, you were entitled to certain benefits as the result of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency declarations for COVID-19. The President of the United States has declared that the PHE will end on May 11, 2023 and signed legislation that the National Emergency ended on April 10.
BMWED members on the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad servicing Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have ratified a new collectively bargained agreement this week, securing general wage increases inline with Presidential Emergency Board 250 as well as a 4/10 work week rule, service recognition bonuses and other paid time off advances.
Today is Workers’ Memorial Day, an intended pause to remember those who have died at work. We promise to hold their legacies high, never to forget their tragic sacrifice.