Unemployment Card Reminder

Article XXI, Section 2 of the Grand Lodge Constitution & Bylaws requires that a member must apply for an unemployment card within 60 days from the last day of the month in which they were employed to maintain good standing in the Brotherhood.

This provision applies to BMWE members who are laid off because of a reduction in force, sickness, temporary disability, strike, lock-out or military service.

An unemployment card maintains a member's eligibility for all the rights, privileges, benefits and protections guaranteed by the Grand Lodge Constitution & Bylaws.

For U.S. Members: A Reminder on Holiday Rules

If you are a furloughed employee of an American railroad company with at least 60 days of seniority or 60 calendar days of continuous service preceding a holiday covered by our U.S. National Holiday Agreement, and if you had compensation paid by the carrier credited to 11 or more of the 30 calendar days immediately preceding the holiday, you may be entitled to pay for that holiday even though you are furloughed.

The complete list of holidays is:

• New Year's Day
• Washington's Birthday
• Good Friday
• Memorial Day
• Fourth of July
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Day after Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve (the day before Christmas is observed)
• Christmas Day
• New Year's Eve (the day before New Year's is observed)