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BLET ready to strike - tomustang - 10-06-2011 <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5188">http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5188</a><!-- m --> Quote:The National Mediation Board released the BLET and several other Rail Labor unions from mediation with rail carriers on September 6, triggering a 30-day cooling off period, which expires at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 7, 2011. Quote:BLET members who are employed on the railroads where the dispute exists and where the BLET has representation rights for their craft are eligible to participate in the strike authorization vote. The following members may participate in the vote: Re: BLET ready to strike - Ralph - 10-06-2011 Wow! I wasn't on top of this story! Could get pretty quiet along the rails, huh? Re: BLET ready to strike - FCIN - 10-06-2011 I've been a bit surprised that more folks weren't aware of this pending strike so glad to see it's been mentioned. Guess we'll find out at midnight tonight if they go ahead with it. So much for rail fanning this weekend! Re: BLET ready to strike - Charlie B - 10-06-2011 The President has signed an order to prevent the strike Gives them another 60 days Charlie Re: BLET ready to strike - FCIN - 10-06-2011 Thanks for the update on the strike. Guess I can go out rail fanning tomorrow after all. Re: BLET ready to strike - tomustang - 10-06-2011 Union strike news are farts in the wind until mediations completely fail and they actually go on strike, media wants their piece of the pie but it needs to be worth showing since many unions claim striking too often Seems like the president conjured up an emergency team to investigate which means another 30 day hush Re: BLET ready to strike - MountainMan - 10-09-2011 Given the sorry state of the economy and the millions of Americans who cannot even get jobs no matter how hard they search - this seems like a very poor move on anybody's part. |