BLET ready to strike

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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.

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:

All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by the Belt Railway Company of Chicago.
All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by BNSF Railway.
All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by Consolidated Rail Corporation.
All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by CSX Transportation.
All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company.
All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by Kansas City Southern Railway Company, including the following subsidiaries: Kansas City Southern Railway; Louisiana and Arkansas Railway; MidSouth Rail Corporation; Gateway Western Railway; SouthRail Corporation; and Texas Mexican Railway Company (locomotive engineers and train service employees).
All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by Longview Switching Company.
All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by Norfolk Southern Company.
All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by Portland Terminal Railroad Company.
All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by Soo Line Railroad Company d.b.a. Canadian Pacific.
All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by Union Pacific Railroad Company.
All active locomotive engineers, except company officers, employed by Winston Salem Southbound Railway Company.