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JAN/FEB

Of The International Brotherhood Of Teamsters
Volume 121
Number 1
January/February, 2012
RATIFICATION PROCESS TO BEGIN SOON
This issue includes a special 125th Anniversary insert
BMWED and NCCC Reach National Freight Agreement
he Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way Employes Division and
the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) reached a
tentative agreement settling all
outstanding bargaining issues on
February 2, 2012. The tentative
agreement was reached just days
before the extended cooling off
period expired, averting a strike or
lock-out. The tentative agreement is
subject to membership ratification.
The BMWED is the last to reach
a deal with the carriers and President Simpson insisted from the
beginning that there would be no
agreement unless expenses for
BMWED members who are required to travel in service of the
railroads was addressed in this
round of bargaining. Carrierspecific agreements were reached
with all 6 Class I railroads involved
in this round of bargaining.
Details of the entire agreement
will be distributed to the member-
T
ship in accordance with the
BMWED’s bylaws.
Improvements in away-fromhome expenses was the obvious
sticking point in reaching a final
resolution with the NCCC, and that
has been the focus of bargaining
since the cooling off period was
extended in early December.
BMWED Committees have been
meeting separately with each of the
Class I Railroads since the time
limits were extended.
While the Presidential Emergency Board recommendations
address wages, and health and
welfare issues, and remains a part
of the tentative agreement requiring ratification, major improvements reached on away-from-home
expenses now become a part of
that package. The agreements on
away-from-home expenses will
vary on each railroad and are
intended to address the needed
improvements on each property.
“We said we would not settle
without improvements in travel
expenses, and thanks to the efforts
of our bargaining committees, that
issue has been addressed,” said
National Division President Freddie
Simpson. “Away-from-home
expense was not addressed in the
last round of bargaining and our
members could not go through
another contract without having
that issue resolved.
I’m proud of our bargaining
committees and thank them for
their hard work. I am also proud of
the patience and support the
BMWED membership has shown
throughout this entire process.”
Celebrating
125 Years
Wage increases for the period July
1, 2010 until the effective date of the
Agreement, which includes 2% on July
1, 2010 and 2.5% on July 1, 2011, will be
paid retroactively within 60 days of
ratification.
Lump sum payment consisting of
1.0% of straight time earnings between
November 1, 2010 and October 31,
2011, after rates have been adjusted to
include the wage increases of July 1,
2010 and July 1, 2011, will be made
within 90 days of ratification.
The next general wage increase
will be 4.3% on July 1, 2012, followed
by 3.0% on July 1, 2013, 3.8% on July 1,
2014 and 3.0% on January 1, 2015.
A summary of those issues
covered by the PEB report can be
found by visiting our website at
www.bmwed.org. While visiting
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Transition to the Future
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A Special Salute To Ygnacio Bargas Gonzales
Ygnacio Gonzales turned 100
years old on February 1, 2012, and
celebrated 77 years of membership
in the BMWED.
On January 11, 1935, Brother
Gonzalez paid his 25 cents to the
Brotherhood and began his lifetime
membership with the BMWED.
Born and raised in San Benito,
Texas, brother Ygnacio hired onto
the Saint Louis, Brownsville &
Mexico Railroad in 1928 as a 16
year old water boy for a 50-man
extra gang. To put that into perspective, when Brother Gonzales
went to work for the railroad,
Calvin Coolidge was President of
the United States, it was one year
after the Railway Labor Act was
enacted, and one year before the
stock market crash of 1929 that
signaled the beginning of the
“Great Depression.”
Brother Gonzales’ parents had
removed him from school in the
second grade so that he could go to
work. At the age of 16, an age when
most young boys are thinking
about high school, dating, and
getting their drivers license,
Ygnacio had already been working
for 9 years and must have felt
fortunate when he landed his
railroad job. His starting pay was
$2.00 per 10-hour day, of which he
returned .90 cents to the railroad
for meals. This job began his long
career with the railroad.
He continued his career with the
Saint Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
Railroad and eventually the Missouri
& Pacific Railroad. He worked as a
machine operator helper, machine
operator, and truck driver. His
experience and knowledge of railroad work led to him being selected
to direct the construction of the
BMWE Division
JOURNAL CONTENTS
SEPTEMBER/DECEMBER, 2011 BMWE DIVISION JOURNAL VOLUME 121 NUMBER 1
The BMWED Journal is the official news publication of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division
of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Freddie N. Simpson
Perry K. Geller, Sr.
Randall Brassell
President and Editor
Secretary-Treasurer
Associate Editor
The BMWED Journal (ISSN 1049-3921/USPS 067460) is published bi-monthly – 6 times annually at 20300 Civic
Center Drive, Suite 320, Southfield, Michigan 48076-4169. Periodicals postage paid at Southfield, Michigan and
additional mailing offices.
ATTENTION POSTMASTER
Send address changes to BMWED, 20300 Civic Center Drive, Suite 320, Southfield, Michigan 48076-4169.
Subscription Price: U.S. and Canada—$20.00 (U.S.) per year, in advance.
www.bmwe.org
BMWED and NCCC Reach National . . . . . . . . 1
A Special Salute to Ygnacio Bargas
Gonzales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Stuart Hurlburt Set To Retire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
A Reminder on Holiday Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
President’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Financial Assistance Available for
Families of Deceased Railway Employees . . 3
BMWED Retirements Reported in 2012 . . . 4-5
Dennis Albers Elected to the National
Division Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Centenarians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
A Vice President Speaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
A Shameful Attack on Working Families . . . . 6
Secretary-Treasurer’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Notice: Transfer Refunds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Legal Aid Program List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Around the Brotherhood . . . . . . . . 9-10, 17-18
BMWED Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14
Roll of Honor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Brotherhood Awards 2011 BMWED
Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
BMWED Scholarship Essay Excerpts . . . . . 16
Diabetes Awareness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tips to Help Keep Your Healt On Track . . . . 19
Railroad Retirement and Unemployment
Insurance Taxes in 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Samuel J. Alexander Elected
General Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Tom Arch Denton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Two BMWED Bridge Workers Killed in
Separate Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Death Benefit Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Death Benefit Qualification Reminder . . . . . 21
BMWED Legislative Issues –
112th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23
Volunteer State Community College
Invites BMWED to Speak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Valentine “Val” K. Sikowski
Actively Retired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
© BMWED 2012 All rights reserved.
railroad between La Leona Ranch
and Arroyo Colorado in Rio Hondo,
Texas. He was called on frequently to
perform critical railroad work.
Brother Gonzales remembers
fondly his years on the railroad and
particular the ability to take his
family on trips and vacations on his
free Amtrak pass provided by
Missouri Pacific and Amtrak.
He retired on January 31, 1975,
after 47 years of railroad service.
Brother Gonzales continues to
enjoy his lifetime membership in
the BMWED and is a member of
Allied Federation Local Lodge 2754.
Brother Gonzales continues to
reside in San Benito, Texas where
he shared a home with his wife
Concepcion who passed away in
1994. Ygnacio is proud of his seven
children, many grandchildren, and
four more generations of great
grandchildren.
The BMWED Journal sends a
special thanks to Ms. Genevieve
Gonzales for bringing brother
Gonzales’ story to the Journal.
Happy 100th Birthday Brother
Gonzales and thanks for sharing
your story.
A Reminder on Holiday Rules
If you are a furloughed
employee of a railroad covered
by the U.S. National Agreement
with at least 60 days of seniority
or 60 calendar days of continuous service preceding a covered
holiday, 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:
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New Year’s Day
President’s Day
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 Day is
observed)
For detailed information
contact your General Chairman.
Stuart Hurlburt Set To Retire
Northeastern System Federation General Chairman Stuart A.
Hurlburt Jr. will retire effective
March 1, 2012. He has served as
head of the Northeastern System
Federation for the past 16 years.
Brother Hurlburt began his
career on the Delaware & Hudson
Railroad as a Machine Operator in
March, 1971. He also worked as a
Track Repairman, Welder Helper,
Welder, and Welder Foreman. He
worked for the Delaware & Hudson
Railroad for 22 years prior to
beginning his career as a full-time
union officer.
During his time with the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, he also
served as Secretary-Treasurer for
Local Lodge 1368, headquartered in
Oneonta, New York. He held that
position for more than a decade.
Brother Hurlburt was appointed
as Secretary of the Executive Board
in 1990 and on April 15, 1991
assumed the position as Vice
General Chairman/SecretaryTreasurer. He was elected as a fulltime union officer in 1993. In
October, 1996 he took over as
General Chairman for the System.
“The Northeastern System
Federation has been fortunate to
have Stuart at the helm for the past
16 years,” said BMWED National
Division President Simpson. “He is
a smart and dedicated officer and
cares about the members. I speak
for everyone in the BMWED in
wishing him a long and happy
retirement.”
Brother Hurlburt will continue
to reside in Oneonta, New York,
with his wife SuAnne where he will
remain an active retired BMWED
member.
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PRESIDENT’S
PERSPECTIVE
Freddie N. Simpson
economic collapse, the candidates,
and their army of right-wing pundits, have turned their almost
complete focus on financial aid to
the auto industry. General Motors
seems to be the biggest target.
While estimates of the bailout
to the banking industry range
anywhere from almost 8 trillion
dollars to nearly 13 trillion (1.2
trillion in just one day), their chief
complaints focus on the 50 billion
invested in General Motors.
What have the banks done with
our tax dollars? To start with they
have laid off thousands of workers
even after the bailout, which in
part, was meant to save those jobs.
It has been reported that Bank of
America, and HSBC alone, have
laid off at least 60,000 employees,
and nearly 1,400 bank branches
have closed since 2009.
Huge bonuses are still handed
out like candy even after these same
people nearly caused the complete
collapse of the world’s economy. All
of this while they sit on trillions in
cash that could be used for much
needed loans that would help the
recovery. Incredibly, the Federal
Reserve is still paying interest to
these big banks on those reserves so what is their incentive to make
loans? It appears the banks are
sitting on cash and not lending
while they increase bank fees and
other gimmicks to make even more
money while middle income
America continues to struggle.
s I have watched the Republican Presidential debates I have been
struck by the complete hypocrisy of the candidates when it comes
to the bailout of Wall Street. Rather than focus on the real reason for the
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It is nearly impossible to figure
out how much of the Wall Street
bailout has been paid back, but it is
clear that tax payers are still on the
hook for much of what has been
loaned.
In comparison, how does
General Motors stack up? General
Motors received 50 billion from the
federal government and to date has
paid back nearly half, with the
government still owning about onethird of its stock. GM took the
opportunity to restructure, capped
executive pay, and with the cooperation and help from the United
Auto Workers (UAW), saved millions of jobs, and turned the company around.
Still, the right-wing would
argue that the automobile unions
are greedy and care nothing about
the auto industry. That’s like saying
rail unions would like to see the
railroads go broke. That makes little
sense. The UAW made huge
concessions in order to protect GM
and the employment of their
members. However, even with the
concessions, the UAW managed to
strike a deal with GM that actually
added 6,500 jobs, guaranteed their
members a generous signing
bonus, and enhanced the profitsharing agreement.
GM and the UAW shared in the
sacrifice and benefited both the
company and its workers. Had
there been no UAW the sacrifice
most likely would have been a one-
sided deal that benefited only the
company and its executives.
With the help of their Union,
General Motors is now the world’s
top selling auto maker. GM sold 9
million cars worldwide in 2011.
That’s 1 million more than Volks
Wagon who comes in second
place. Probably the most refreshing
statistic is that GM sold nearly 2
million cars in China, representing
an almost 67 percent increase in
sales to the Chinese.
What did those loans to General Motors achieve? It saved as
many as 3.3 million jobs when the
unemployment rate was at 10
percent, including the estimated
250,000 people who work directly
for General Motors. The gross
domestic product (GDP) would
have fallen off by as much as 3
percent. Had GM failed it could
have cost the federal government
as much as $389 billion in revenue.
In hindsight, the cost to save GM
doesn’t compare to the cost of
allowing it to fail.
Why do the Republican candidates continue to bash the automobile industry while seemingly going
light on Wall Street? My guess is
that it is a part of their strategy to
eliminate unions and continue their
war on workers. If the big American
auto makers go broke it almost
guarantees the end of unions in the
auto industry and leaves the market
open to foreign transplant auto
makers, and non-union workers.
Simply put, the rich get richer and
the poor get poorer.
It is puzzling to hear the patriotic ramblings of these politicians
who would gladly allow something
as American as the U.S. automobile
industry to go broke. Nothing
would be more devastating to our
national security than if we found
ourselves in another situation like
World War II, with a decimated
manufacturing base and nothing to
depend on but foreign-owned
corporations. During World War II
General Motors provided vast
quantities of armaments, vehicles,
and aircraft used in the successful
war effort. GM produced tanks,
logistics vehicles, and was the
largest manufacturer of U.S. Army
1 1/2 ton, 4X4 vehicles. Detroit was
once known as the “Arsenal of
Democracy.”
In a pinch. do we really want to
depend on foreign automakers for
our defense needs? I think not. We
need to keep American industries
strong and the best way to do that
is to buy union made products
manufactured and assembled by
union workers, and support
politicians that support American
workers.
Politicians need to stop
bashing union workers, whether
they be firemen, teachers, janitors,
or auto workers, and focus on
creating more good paying American jobs.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES OF DECEASED RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
The John Edgar Thomson Foundation, established in 1882 and endowed by the will of Mr. Thomson, third President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, offers limited financial assistance to daughters of a deceased
parent. The parent, regardless of gender, must have been in the employ of
any railroad in the United States at the time of death, although the cause
need not be work related. Also, the employee must have been considered
actively employed by the railroad even though on disability or sick leave at
the time of death. Whatever grant is awarded usually serves to benefit all
members of the family. Eligibility is dependent upon the daughter and the
surviving parent remaining unmarried and meeting certain other criteria.
from infancy to age 18; under certain circumstances to age 22, to assist
grantees who are pursuing higher educational goals. The Foundation also
offers special health care benefits.
The funding of the work of the Foundation is completely independent
of any railroad. It neither solicits nor receives funds from the public.
Further information and applications may be obtained by writing to:
Sheila Cohen, Director
The John Edgar Thomson Foundation
201 South Eighteenth Street, Suite 318
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Telephone (215) 545-6083
(800) 888-1278
Fax (215) 545-5102
E-mail: [email protected]
The monthly allowance made under the grant may cover the period
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BMWED Retirements Reported in 2011
The BMWED Journal hopes
that the Retirement Report will
become a permanent bi-monthly
feature. The National Division has
reached out to every Local Lodge
Secretary-Treasurer and requested
that they make an extra effort to
report retirements timely.
The Journal would like to make
a special mention of BMWED
retiree James H. Hollis for inspiring
and suggesting this addition to the
Journal. Brother Hollis retired from
the Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Railway on December 1, 2010, after
40 years as a member of the
BMWED. He was an active member
of AT&SFF Local Lodge 1600 and
resides in Sulligent, Alabama.
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Jerry L Stanfield
ASF
2703 NS
Michael O Gillette
BURL 0798 BNSF
Jerry J Perez Sr
BURL 1351 BNSF
BURNOR 0364 BNSF
Steven J Heinen
BURNOR 0295 BNSF
Joe Maldonado
Arnold L Degroot
CRSF 0991 NS
Robert T Vaughn
CRSF 2307 NS
Wensceslao Cervantes MIDW 0042 SOO
Raymond R Dussault N E
0228 NRPC
Paul A Ballard
SOU
0523 NS
Richard Combs
SOU
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SOU
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Roger L Abbott
USD
1148 UP
David J Dean
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0918 BMWE
Michael R Henry
USD
0216 UP
Crest S Jones
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William C Jorde
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1879 BMWE
Jack D Lange
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2853 UP
Frank Martinez
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Jonnie A Meyer
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Crispin Perales
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Joaquin O Ramirez
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John J Sevc
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Mario R Vazquez
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Clifford Merrell
SOU
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John J Silba
AT&SFF 2407 BNSF
Juan Liendro
AT&SFF 2421 BNSF
Clarence E Kraber
BURL 1832 BNSF
Michael B Maloney
BURL 1320 BNSF
Dana M Shingle
CRSF 2780 NS
Terry R Sloan
SOU
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D D Sutherlin
SOU
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Roger S Meyer
AT&SFF 2402 BNSF
Gary F Duddleson
CRSF 1806 GTW
Tullio Mattie Jr
CRSF 2779 CSXT
Larry D Craig
BURL 0230 BNSF
Richard E Bly
CRSF 0201 MBCR
James L Ernst
CRSF 0109 GTW
Meliton R Gutierrez
AT&SFF 2414 BNSF
John E Hart
BURL 1533 BNSF
Mark H Schneider
DM&IR 1710 DMIR
Roy E Peters
AF
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Earl L Adam
BURL 1316 BNSF
Paul R Atterbury
BURL 0509 BNSF
Audley G Mc Ghie
MIDW 2643 SOO
Ronald Vaughn
CRSF 1297 IHB
Bruno Flores
USD
0686 UP
BURNOR 0908 BNSF
Steven A Karli
Mark A Poss
BURNOR 0908 BNSF
James A Budke
AT&SFF 2405 BNSF
Lannie Bradley
AF
0676 CSXT
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Tony R Burns
AF
2729 UP
Russell T Lilly
ASF
0532 NS
Earl W Powell
ASF
0301 NS
Dale R Collins
AT&SFF 2403 BNSF
John R Branson
BURL 0961 BNSF
James R Karash
BURL 1214 BNSF
David T Talaska
BURNOR 0320 BNSF
William R Henderson CRSF 0910 CSXT
Donald G Mobley
CRSF 1978 NS
Jeffrey O Barrett
USD
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Michael J Hoy
William L Fisher
Steve M Ray
Kevin E Kelley
Darrell D Newbury
Fuson Hammac
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Howard R Clark
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Robert Huss
Lawrence D Kelly
John E Williams
Allan W Smith
Charles J Brown
Huntington B Christie
Thomas R Dow
Charles Cordell
Bruce J Blanchar
Danny R Daniels
Larry K Clark
Jeffrey J Craigg
Michael L Fohey
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PENN 3089
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NS
KCS
BNSF
BNSF
02/01/2011
02/01/2011
02/01/2011
02/01/2011
02/01/2011
02/02/2011
02/02/2011
02/02/2011
02/02/2011
02/02/2011
02/02/2011
02/03/2011
02/04/2011
02/04/2011
02/06/2011
02/08/2011
02/08/2011
02/09/2011
02/10/2011
02/10/2011
02/10/2011
02/11/2011
02/11/2011
02/11/2011
02/11/2011
02/12/2011
02/18/2011
02/25/2011
02/28/2011
02/28/2011
02/28/2011
*** March 2011 ***
David C Gish
AT&SFF 2404 BNSF
Michael Milburn
AT&SFF 2404 BNSF
Fred M Jaeger
BURL 1533 BNSF
BURNOR 0249 BNSF
Roy M King
Paul W England
CRSF 1362 NS
J H Peavy
SOU
0529 NS
Kent L Bushman
USD
1152 BMWE
Felipe Franco
USD
0216 UP
Patrick N Murphy
USD
0239 UP
Dale L Squibb
USD
0918 UP
William J Taylor
USD
0874 UP
Patrick A Welding
USD
1788 UP
James A Havens
ASF
0599 NS
Jose M Del Rio
AT&SFF 2418 BNSF
Peter Ramirez
BURL 1105 BNSF
Clayton R Steele
BURL 0509 BNSF
Gary R Limberg
CRSF 0895 NS
Delmar E Smaaladen BURNOR 1280 BNSF
Terry J Melander
BURL 0014 BNSF
Gerald L Sheldon
BURL 1302 BNSF
Luther H Morris Jr
CRSF 0505 CSXT
Toney R Ogle
CRSF 0505 CSXT
Robert B Steele
CRSF 0505 CSXT
Jack W See
CRSF 1595 NS
Bruce L Hackbarth
USD
0437 UP
Cecil C Williams
ASF
0580 NS
MATHEW J Williams SOU
0804 NS
Robert J Barton
BURL 1316 BNSF
Frank B Hone
CRSF 2779 CSXT
James G Dianna
CRSF 2780 NS
William Oliver
AF
2161 CSXT
Bradley A Winter
CRSF 0987 BMWE
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
03/02/2011
03/02/2011
03/02/2011
03/02/2011
03/02/2011
03/03/2011
03/05/2011
03/05/2011
03/09/2011
03/09/2011
03/09/2011
03/12/2011
03/15/2011
03/17/2011
03/19/2011
03/20/2011
03/21/2011
03/26/2011
03/31/2011
03/31/2011
*** April 2011 ***
Mark D Trail
AF
0993
Thomas L Ferguson
AT&SFF 2416
Otis L Pleasant
AT&SFF 2411
George W Garbo
BURL 0783
James F Hays
BURL 0798
Gary R Hebert
BURL 0014
Derral W Keys
BURL 0014
Jerald D Wilkinson
BURL 1316
BURNOR 0104
Ronnie W Wiklund
Bernard W Kacenski CRSF 0612
Charles R Irvin
SOU
0619
Daniel L Wallace
SOU
0567
James D Bagley
USD
0941
Jamie C Comer
USD
0918
Peter B Herrera
USD
1002
Alan F Jones
USD
0369
Gerald J Knipp
USD
1216
Leslie C Rucker
USD
0325
Dennis J Brott
BURL 1108
Thomas Davidson
CRSF 1350
Roger L Whittington
CRSF 0076
Dan R Shehan
BURL 1888
David Krafft
AT&SFF 2421
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/01/2011
04/02/2011
04/02/2011
04/02/2011
04/07/2011
04/11/2011
CSXT
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
CSXT
NS
NS
UP
UP
UP
UP
UP
UP
BNSF
NS
NS
BNSF
BNSF
Bill R Huffman
Patrick A Dearbaugh
John D Senich
BURNOR 0272 MRL
CRSF 1664 NS
CRSF 1234 NS
04/30/2011
04/30/2011
04/30/2011
*** May 2011 ***
AF
1509
AF
2912
BURL 1351
USD
1227
SOU
0525
CRSF 0891
CRSF 0866
CRSF 1978
BURNOR 0320
USD
0899
ASF
1700
AF
0818
AF
0965
AF
0112
ASF
0662
CRSF 1532
CRSF 2775
MIDW 2920
MIDW 1662
MIDW 1965
MIDW 1489
USD
0437
USD
0134
USD
1402
USD
1148
USD
0227
USD
0918
USD
1034
CSXT
CSXT
BNSF
UP
NS
CSXT
CSXT
NS
BNSF
UP
TRRA
CSXT
BMWE
CSXT
NS
NS
CSXT
IAIS
SOO
SOO
LSI
UP
UP
UP
UP
UP
UP
UP
05/01/2011
05/01/2011
05/01/2011
05/01/2011
05/02/2011
05/04/2011
05/04/2011
05/21/2011
05/27/2011
05/28/2011
05/30/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
*** June 2011 ***
Frank D Davis, Jr
AF
0992
MIKE R Johnson
AF
0818
Dean T Coleman
ASF
0301
Donald R Garrett
ASF
0301
John J Hall
ASF
1306
Cheslie D Higgenbotham ASF
0888
L G Jacobo
AT&SFF 2401
George J Mahon
AT&SFF 2405
Edward Medina
AT&SFF 2414
Manuel E Medina
AT&SFF 0204
Daniel J Love
BURL 1105
Lyle G Lambert
BURNOR 1189
Michael J Ritter
BURNOR 0144
BURNOR 0908
Phil W Van Duyn
BURNOR 0306
Richard A Ziegler
Paul S Cohron
CRSF 1980
Dickie J France
CRSF 0887
David E George
CRSF 1664
Leonard C Morlan
CRSF 1595
Alfred O Olson
NE
0228
John Rich
NE
1743
Donald L Underwood N E
1368
John H Mc Kenzie
SOU
0034
Virgil G Jameson
USD
1034
Ramon H Marin
USD
0107
Charles A Reagan
USD
2854
Clyde D Moore
ASF
0301
Richard H Wilson Jr
ASF
0599
James D Reents
BURL 1888
BURNOR 0303
Wayne W Becker
John J Beier
BURNOR 1280
BURNOR 1296
Todd S Brenden
BURNOR 1326
Thomas J Haider
Mike Zarling
BURNOR 0249
Allen R Speten
MIDW 1481
Louis M Wieting
MIDW 0331
J W Phillips
BURNOR 0735
Charles F Lile
BURL 2621
BURNOR 0144
John D Witstine
Levester Dukes
CRSF 1595
Michael Prieto
CRSF 1532
L R Wood
SOU
0585
Adolfo Tovar
CRSF 0109
Ronald L Beckhorn
USD
0407
Galen L Clifton
CRSF 1037
E James Juneau
MIDW 0099
Stephen L Basol
BURNOR 0249
Joseph R Cote Jr
CRSF 2820
William C Hoellein
BURNOR 1763
Steve J Guianen
CRSF 1650
Vernon D Overmyer
CRSF 1629
Robert L Waters Jr
SOU
0529
Martin E Clement
CRSF 1037
BURNOR 0364
Richard E Korpi
Beaufort W Britt
AF
0547
E T Holder
AF
0682
William H Mc Invale
AF
0682
John W Moeck
AF
0688
CSXT
CSXT
NS
NS
NS
NS
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BMWE
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
CSXT
NS
NS
NS
NRPC
DH
DH
NS
UP
UP
UP
NS
NS
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
SOO
SOO
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
NS
NS
NS
GTW
UP
CSXT
SOO
BNSF
ST
BNSF
CSXT
NS
NS
NS
BNSF
CSXT
CSXT
CSXT
UP
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
06/02/2011
06/02/2011
06/02/2011
06/02/2011
06/02/2011
06/02/2011
06/02/2011
06/02/2011
06/02/2011
06/02/2011
06/03/2011
06/04/2011
06/04/2011
06/04/2011
06/04/2011
06/04/2011
06/06/2011
06/06/2011
06/08/2011
06/09/2011
06/10/2011
06/10/2011
06/18/2011
06/18/2011
06/18/2011
06/18/2011
06/20/2011
06/25/2011
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
Ronald D Friend
Joseph R Walker
Robert S Conner
Chad F Winn
James E Fish
Clinton L Pettway
Ronald J Witkowski
Calvin Stacy
Raymond E Kantola
Roger L Mashek
John L Mason
Allan Gower
Gary E Kinney
George Shelton
Michael L Hartwick
Roger D Scutchfield
Daniel R Tropea
Roger D Bassett
Anthony J Fornengo
Steven K Johnson
Donald Ollila
Don L Berning
Carlos N Carrillo
Dennis Dahlke
Randall E Johnson
Robert R Mohr
Darrell R Rasdall
Bruce L Ward
Herman Moncrief
James C Shaw
Roger D Lewis
Thomas F Pais
Gordon J Dettinger
Roberto M Ochoa Sr
Lee A Ferraro
Randy J Fetters
Jose H Lara
Ricardo Segura
1643
1063
2413
0612
1965
2857
0941
1381
0875
0941
CSXT
CSXT
BNSF
CSXT
SOO
NIR
UP
UP
UP
UP
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
06/30/2011
*** July 2011 ***
Robert H Chamblee
AF
0564
William J Hornsby
AF
2163
Barry J Thomas
AF
2163
Samuel Millard
ASF
1700
Joseph A Kreipe
AT&SFF 2404
John R Ayres
BURL 1108
John S Marintzer
BURL 1351
Donald Balero
BURNOR 0159
James P Bartley
BURNOR 0144
BURNOR 0303
Vernon J Bjerke
BURNOR 0144
Michael H De Rosa
John E Eitens
BURNOR 0706
BURNOR 0297
Earl A Hollar
BURNOR 0364
Gregory T Ose
Mark C Padilla
BURNOR 0295
BURNOR 0297
Linndale Steiger
Michael E Williams
CRSD 2910
Isaac C Myers Jr
CRSF 1350
Clarence Riley
CRSF 1259
Paul Beal
MIDW 2857
W E Payne
SOU
0585
Nathaniel Sanders
SOU
0585
Gene A Wright
SOU
0627
Lawrence W Blaine
BURL 1832
Rodney Kubesh
BURL 0014
Gordon D Thompson BURL 1302
Michael J Doschadis BURNOR 1055
BURNOR 1426
Paul D Snider
BURNOR 0320
Donald C Steen
Michael S Margeson CRSF 0887
RICHARD L Mingus
CRSF 0076
Mike L Watson
CRSF 1900
R T Joyce
SOU
0537
James L Rufer
BURNOR 2825
George L Speed Jr
BURL 0788
A M Bell
BURL 1320
Keith J Matthie
CRSF 0910
Joseph P Gallagher
CRSD 2910
Doyle G Thompson
BURNOR 0249
Roger L Sheldon
USD
1935
Michael G Earp
ASF
0571
Robert J Crain
CRSF 0505
John S Mendoza
AT&SFF 2418
BURNOR 0706
Timothy L Hart
Fernando D Jasso
USD
0377
Jerry G Thweatt
AT&SFF 1082
Dana Sanders
CRSF 1900
Ronald R Ayers
SOU
2838
Francisco J Campos USD
1196
Billy R Cossey
SW FED 0345
Giles J Feigitsch
MIDW 1481
John Abram
SOU
0529
David Higgins
NE
0228
Salvador L Flores
USD
0227
Jimmy D Bowen
USD
0757
Billy D Buchanan
ASF
1599
Michael R Coggins
BURNOR 1453
Lorenzo M Aguilera
CRSF 0507
Henry Bittner
CRSF 1466
Garry D Ellison
SOU
0546
Michael D Hanus
USD
1148
Richard A Otto
USD
0425
Herbert H Hinojosa
AF
1563
BURNOR 0272
Larry P Johanesen
BURNOR 0144
Richard R Stine
Robert Fellers
CRSF 1362
Charles H Christian
MIDW 2643
Gene D Marchwick
BURNOR 0750
David Meyer
USD
1788
James W Morris
USD
1216
Vincent E O Toole
USD
1133
Arthur C Thompson
USD
1847
KCS
CSXT
CSXT
TRRA
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
SPTA
NS
NS
NIR
NS
NS
NS
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
NS
CSXT
CSXT
NS
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
CSXT
SPTA
BNSF
UP
NS
CSXT
BNSF
BNSF
UP
BNSF
CSXT
NS
UP
UP
SOO
NS
NRPC
UP
UP
NS
BNSF
IHB
CSXT
NS
UP
UP
UP
MRL
BNSF
NS
SOO
BNSF
UP
UP
UP
UP
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/01/2011
07/02/2011
07/02/2011
07/02/2011
07/02/2011
07/02/2011
07/02/2011
07/02/2011
07/02/2011
07/02/2011
07/02/2011
07/03/2011
07/04/2011
07/05/2011
07/06/2011
07/07/2011
07/08/2011
07/08/2011
07/09/2011
07/12/2011
07/15/2011
07/16/2011
07/16/2011
07/18/2011
07/21/2011
07/23/2011
07/23/2011
07/25/2011
07/26/2011
07/26/2011
07/27/2011
07/27/2011
07/28/2011
07/29/2011
07/29/2011
07/29/2011
07/29/2011
07/29/2011
07/29/2011
07/29/2011
07/30/2011
07/30/2011
07/30/2011
07/30/2011
07/30/2011
07/31/2011
07/31/2011
07/31/2011
07/31/2011
07/31/2011
*** August 2011 ***
AF
1540 KCS
AF
1063 CSXT
AF
1058 UP
AF
0564 KCS
AF
0993 CSXT
AT&SFF 2402 BNSF
08/01/2011
08/01/2011
08/01/2011
08/01/2011
08/01/2011
08/01/2011
Gary L Alexander
Gregory D Brunson
Walter J Nelson
Bobby G Payton
Orlando Rea Jr
Terry W Tarpein
AF
AF
AT&SFF
CRSF
MIDW
MIDW
USD
USD
USD
USD
See Retirement on Page 5
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BMWED JOURNAL
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Dennis Albers Elected to the National Division Executive Board
Allied Federation General
Chairman Dennis Albers was
recently elected to serve as a
member of the National Division
Executive Board. Brother Albers
will replace retiring Board Member,
Southern System Division General
Chairman Gary Cox, who retired
effective January 1, 2012.
Brother Albers was elected by
unanimous decision at a meeting of
the BMWED National Association
on November 30, 2011, to assume
the remainder of Brother Cox’s
term. He brings 22 years of service
as a full-time union officer, and 16
years of railroading experience to
his new position.
On April 4, 1974, Brother Albers
began his career as a Track Repairman on the B&O Railroad in
Breese, Illinois. He was quickly
promoted to the position of Track
Foreman and spent most of his
railroad career in that position,
working in East Saint Louis, Illinois.
Brother Albers began serving
the BMWED as a Joint Protective
Board member for the former B&O
System Federation, and for the past
25 years served as SecretaryTreasurer for Local Lodge 1162, a
position he still holds today. He was
first elected to full-time union office
in 1990 when he was elected as a
Vice Chairman for the former B&O
System Federation. He became Vice
Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer for
the former Allied Eastern Federation in 2002, and took over as
General Chairman in 2007.
Brother Albers has been instrumental in merging several federations into what is now the largest
federation within the Brotherhood,
the Allied Federation. He is responsible for maintaining contracts with
four major railroads and a number
of short lines.
BMWED National Division
President Freddie Simpson offered,
“I have no doubt that Brother
Albers will bring the same knowhow and work ethic to this position
that he has displayed in every job
he has held. He truly cares about
our members and I am confident he
will do a great job. He comes to the
position well qualified.”
Brother Albers resides in
Breese, Illinois with his wife
Maureen and has three grown
children, Jacob, Jennifer, and Eric
who is currently serving with the
military in Afghanistan.
Change of Address Request
Please remember to notify your System Division/Federation and/or the National Division of
any change to your address or telephone number. It is vital that this information be kept
current. Railroad employers do not always provide this information to the BMWED.
Retirement
Continued from Page 4
Ward G Grade Jr
Dan R Alexander
Stewart B Dickey
Milton E Parker
Thomas J Legrand
Jorge R Garcia
Roy P Harkrider
Roger L Mc Dermott
Leslie H Baker
Leslie H Braun
Todd L Reed
Paul D Strand
William E Miles Jr
Willie E Merrill
Robert L Frerking
Wendell H Hays
Michael D Winfrey
Alfredo G Zacarias
Dwight R Wise
Donald L Bellinger Jr
Paul A Henke
Robert W Timpe
Randall S Spencer
Danny L Geiger
Larry A Scheldrup
Barry C Morris
Larry C Gregory
Dennis C Harrison
Thomas M Mc Nary
Tim L Mulhollen
BURL
BURNOR
NE
NE
SOU
USD
USD
USD
BURL
BURNOR
BURNOR
BURNOR
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BURL
BURL
BURNOR
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BURL
BURNOR
WCSD
BURNOR
AF
BURNOR
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BURNOR
C&EI
AF
AF
AF
CRSF
1832
0295
0228
0228
0524
1196
0692
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1533
1426
1092
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0567
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0295
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0783
2825
2931
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BNSF
CSXT
NRPC
NS
UP
UP
UP
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
NS
BNSF
BNSF
MRL
UP
BNSF
BNSF
WCL
BNSF
CSXT
BNSF
BNSF
BNSF
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UP
CSXT
CSXT
NS
08/01/2011
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08/15/2011
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08/20/2011
08/26/2011
08/27/2011
08/29/2011
08/31/2011
08/31/2011
08/31/2011
08/31/2011
John Hayner
Lawrence Vaden
Dominick Fauci
Dale L Steen
NE
SOU
USD
USD
0090
0523
1046
1935
NRPC
NS
UP
UP
*** September 2011 ***
Jimmy D Johnson
AF
0682 CSXT
William S Ashlock
BURL 1316 BNSF
Donald W Bowser
BURL 0014 BNSF
Magdaleno M Moreno BURL 1302 BNSF
Patrick A Yauney
BURL 1108 BNSF
Jeffery G Haughawout CRSF 2307 NS
Richard N Davis
SOU
0673 NS
BURNOR 0908 BNSF
Loren M Isaacson
BURNOR 1296 BNSF
William J Janski
Leon J Paulson
BURNOR 0144 BNSF
Kenneth Brewster
SOU
0636 NS
Joseph L Powers
CRSF 0201 MBCR
Steven L Wolf
ASF
1700 TRRA
James W Philippi
BURL 1105 BNSF
Ronald L Ayer
BURL 1105 BNSF
Bradley S Masters
BURL 1302 BNSF
James T Mc Gill
BURL 1302 BNSF
David H Coleman
AF
1063 CSXT
Nickolas T Gruber
BURL 1316 BNSF
Steven K Blodgett
USD
0473 UP
Leon R Fenhaus
USD
1071 BMWE
Eddy L Navarrete
USD
0899 UP
Tim J Petersen
USD
0216 UP
Doug E Thomas
USD
1196 UP
George E Mitts
*** October 2011 ***
AF
0025 CSXT
08/31/2011
08/31/2011
08/31/2011
08/31/2011
09/01/2011
09/01/2011
09/01/2011
09/01/2011
09/01/2011
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09/17/2011
09/23/2011
09/29/2011
09/29/2011
09/30/2011
09/30/2011
09/30/2011
09/30/2011
09/30/2011
10/01/2011
Lawrence Ison Jr
Samuel L Jensen
Terry L Kaster
Robert L Myers
Gail E Rapp
Ronald P Steponik
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Centenarians
“Happy Birthday” wishes to the following BMWED Retiree who recently celebrated his100th birthday:
Alfred E. Oakland
A Saginaw, Minnesota resident, Brother Oakland celebrated his 100th birthday on November 10, 2011. Brother Oakland retired from his position as a
Trackman with the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company in May, 1974.
The BMWED extends its sincere best wishes. Happy Birthday!
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A Vice President Speaks
O
n January 4, 2012,
President Obama
angered Republicans by
announcing recess appointments of two Democrats
and one Republican to the
National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB). Those
appointments include
union-side lawyer Richard
Griffin, Department of
Labor deputy assistant
secretary Sharon Block, and
David Tanner
Republican attorney
BMWED
Vice President, Terence Flynn.
In an attempt to keep
Western Region
the agency from functioning, the Republicans spent the past year blocking
appointments to the NLRB. They went so far as
to use the gimmick of holding pro forma sessions in which no actual business is conducted.
The Senate had been holding those sessions
every three days since December 16, in order to
argue that the Senate was not in recess.
According to the Justice Department, the
President had the authority to make the recess
appointments despite the Republicans’ attempts
to hinder those appointments. The President
used recess appointments to bypass the Senate
one day after the agency would have effectively
ceased to function.
The NLRB is the government agency that is
charged with conducting union elections for
election of labor union representation, and with
investigating and remedying unfair labor practices. The President appoints the five-member
board and a General Counsel. The board is
appointed for five years and the General Counsel
for four. The board serves as a judicial body
while the General Counsel acts as a prosecutor.
Without the three appointments to the Board
the NLRB would have had no power to make
rulings, and would have allowed employers to
run rampant without anyone to check their
behavior toward employees, and placed any
pending decisions in limbo. Republicans knew
that the Supreme Court had ruled in 2010 that
only two serving members did not constitute a
quorum and set out to make that a reality.
Republicans have been angry at the agency,
and particularly outgoing NLRB Member Craig
Becker, a former SEIU, and AFL-CIO attorney,
over decisions they considered as being favorable to labor. Among those decisions is the
Boeing decision in which the board made
allegations that Boeing illegally shifted work
from its union plant in Washington State to a
non-union plant in South Carolina (another
argument against right to work for less), and
there was also the introduction of a new rule
intended to create fair organizing elections with
less interference by employers.
Lest there be any doubt left that Republicans
involved in these antics want to weaken labor
and strengthen even more the power of corporations, look at what they have done to try and
make the NLRB ineffective.
Aside from blocking appointments, they
have introduced bills, issued subpoenas, and
held hearings, all aimed at crippling and intimidating the board. It seems no tactic has been so
devious or egregious that they would not stoop
to in order to help their financial contributors,
big business. It appears they are attempting to
sell the rights of American workers to the highest bidders.
To stress the importance of a functioning
board, and frankly, of keeping it out of the hands
of right wing conservatives, look to the
Weingarten decision, which has come to be
known as the Weingarten Rights. In 1975 the
Supreme Court upheld a decision by the NLRB
that employees have a right to union representation at investigatory interviews by their employers. In July 2000, the NLRB, under Democrat
President Bill Clinton, extended those rights to
non-unionized workers. Of course, the Bush board
reversed that decision on June 15, 2004. This is a
good example of what the NLRB does and why it
is important that a President more friendly to
Labor be allowed to make his appointments.
While most of what impacts the rights of
railroad workers is covered under the Railway
Labor Act, NLRB decisions have a huge impact
on all labor.
Recently, President Obama seems to have
come to the realization that he has to take the
fight to his opposition. Making these appointments, despite Republican opposition, is a step
in the right direction. Now it is up to the new
appointees and the rest of the board to make up
their minds if they are going to be intimidated
and cave to the Republicans and big business or,
make decisions that are fair to labor and working
Americans. If not, opportunities for the middleclass, and working people will continue to
decline along with jobs and the economy.
Labor, given the opportunity and a fair
playing field, will put America back to work and
rebuild the middle-class. Driving wages and
benefits down to the same level as a third world
country is not the answer.
A Shameful Attack on Working Families
James P. Hoffa, General President,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
T
he central battleground in the war against
workers today is Indiana. Anti-worker lawmakers were frantic to pass a right-to-work bill
that would weaken unions and shrink Indiana’s
middle class. Unfortunately, they were successful. Governor Mitch Daniels signed the bill in
early February.
The real reason for the bill had nothing to do
with rights and nothing to do with work. It didn’t
even have anything to do with improving
Indiana’s business climate—already ranked sixth
best in the country. The purpose of right-to-work
for less is to please corporate donors who want
to lower labor costs. What right-to-work for less
does is limit unions’ financial resources and
therefore their ability to negotiate for higher
wages and benefits.
One of the more bizarre claims is that businesses would be more likely to relocate to
Indiana if right-to-work for less were to become
law. Now ask yourself: when was the last time
you heard about a factory shutting down and
moving to Oklahoma or South Carolina because
they’re right-to-work states? What you do hear
are stories of plants moving to Mexico and
China. Gordon Lafer makes this point in his
excellent study published by the Economic
Policy Institute.
Lafer writes, “in 2012, companies looking for
cheap labor are overwhelmingly looking to
China or Mexico, not South Carolina. To the
extent that enacting RTW legislation ever served
as an effective economic development strategy—and the evidence is weak on this point—
globalization has rendered RTW irrelevant.”
According to Notre Dame professor right-towork proponents claim another study proves
that it doesn’t lower compensation. As Notre
Dame professor Marty Wolfson, the study only
compared executive compensation.
Here’s what rigorous, academic studies show
about right-to-work laws: They lower annual
wages by $1,500 a year.
It’s a sad day in our democracy when elected
officials work to impoverish their own constituents.
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SECRETARY-TREASURER’S
REPORT
he Republican Party has championed the cause of Right-to-Work
legislation. Republican governors and the Republican presidential
candidates are increasingly vocal in their opposition to unions and in their
support for right-to-work legislation. They are feeding the anti-union
T
Perry K. Geller, Sr.
establishment with red meat
rhetoric about the evils of unions
and touting their support for an
employee’s “free choice” to join or
not join a union.
While “free choice” and “rightto-work” sound like fundamental
American ideals, they are nothing
more than wolves in sheep’s
clothing. Right-to-work is intended
to be a dagger in the heart of the
American labor movement and the
American worker. Make no mistake,
the right-to-work crowd has one
focus and one agenda: To destroy
the American Labor movement and
the rights of workers to collectively
bargain.
The Republicans are the party
of big business who see unions and
union members as the last obstacle
to unrestrained corporate profits.
And they are correct. Unions are
the only organized force capable of
countering unrestrained corporate
greed and making sure that the
American worker shares in the
wealth of our great nation. Right-towork legislation is intended to cut
off union finances and destroy a
union member’s right to collectively bargain with an employer
over wages, hours, benefits and
working conditions. Could you
imagine having to rely on the
railroad industry’s benevolence to
assure you and your family have
decent wages, health insurance,
away from home expenses, and
due process in disciplinary proceedings?
Making workers subservient to
the benevolence of employers is
exactly the intent of right-to-work
by stripping workers of the right to
collectively bargain over wages,
hours and working conditions.
Right-to-work is really a right to
work for less. Workers in right-towork states make approximately 15
percent less than in states where
workers have the freedom to form
strong unions. 21 percent more
people lack health insurance in
right-to-work states compared to
free states. And, according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate
of workplace death is 51 percent
higher in right-to-work states where
unions can’t speak up on behalf of
workers.
Republican candidates talk
about “free choice,” claiming that a
worker should have a choice
whether or not to join a union.
However, workers already have that
choice and are free to work for a
non-union employer if they so
choose. The so-called “free choice”
argument is a complete sham.
Learn more about the Teamsters
Human Rights Commission, and how
you can participate.
Contact BMWED Vice President
Roger Sanchez at (281) 354-4812,
or, by email at [email protected].
Under right-to-work laws, a union
is required to represent nonmembers in collective bargaining,
disciplinary proceedings and other
areas, but the non-member does
not have to pay anything for such
representation. Corporations
would surely go bankrupt if they
were forced to give away their
services or products without
payment, but that is exactly what
corporations and their political
hacks want to impose on organized
labor under the guise of right-towork. It is totally unfair to unions
and union members to force them
to subsidize “free loaders” who
don’t contribute to the cost of
union representation. It’s not about
“choice” at all; it’s about financially
bankrupting a union’s ability to
represent its members.
Republicans consistently tout
their beliefs in free enterprise and
non-interference in the private
sector. However, right-to-work
legislation brings government
interference directly to the bargaining table. Under right-to-work,
unions and management are
prohibited from entering into a
voluntary union security clause.
This is direct interference by the
government telling private enterprise and their employees what
they can and cannot agree to.
The right-to-work scam has
been going on for decades. Dr.
Martin Luther King highlighted the
folly of right-to-work in 1961, when
he said, “In our glorious fight for
civil rights, we must guard against
being fooled by false slogans, such
as ‘right-to-work.’ It is a law to rob
us of our civil rights and job rights.
It is supported by southern segregationists who are trying to keep us
from achieving our civil rights and
our right of equal job opportunity.
Its purpose is to destroy labor
unions and the freedom of collective bargaining by which unions
have improved wages and working
conditions of everyone. Wherever
these laws have been passed,
wages are lower, job opportunities
are fewer and there are no civil
rights. We do not intend to let them
do this to us. We demand this fraud
be stopped. Our weapon is our
vote.”
Plain and simple, right-to-work
means lower wages and fewer
benefits for all workers. Right-towork means less consumer spending, economic stagnation, and
more poverty. We must fight it with
every fiber of our being, with our
vote, and with our solidarity.
NOTICE
Article XV, Section 8 –Transfer Refunds
Sec. 8. Refunds of monthly dues, fees and
assessments for those who transfer outside
the jurisdiction of BMWED will only be
allowed for the months following the
month the applicable General Chairman
involved receives a written request and/or a
valid revocation of the Dues Deduction
Agreement wage assignment authorization.
A notice pertaining to the Brotherhood’s
dues refund Bylaws provision will be
published semi-annually in the SecretaryTreasurer Report of the Journal or its
successor publication.
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Legal Aid Program List
Here is an updated list of the
approved attorneys in the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employes Division’s Legal Aid
Program who can be called on for
advice and assistance when needed
in case of on-the-job personal
injury or death.
Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employes Division members
who are injured on the job, or the
dependents of members killed as a
result of such injuries, should
ascertain their rights and protections under the Federal Employers’
Liability Act (FELA) before attempting any settlement with a railroad
company.
Under the Legal Aid Program,
in case of personal injury or death
while employed on a railroad, a
Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employes Division member or
his family has access to competent
legal counsel in making claims
under the FELA.
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Divisionapproved legal aid attorneys are
well qualified to handle cases
under the FELA.
LAW FIRMS APPROVED TO
HANDLE CASES FOR
MAINTENANCE OF WAY
EMPLOYES UNDER THE FEDERAL
EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY ACT
Blunt & Slocomb, Ltd.
60 Edwardsville Professional Park
P. O. Box 373
Edwardsville, IL 62025
TELEPHONE: (618) 656-7744
FAX: 618-656-7849
TOLL FREE
NATIONA: (800) 323-5538
www.bluntlaw.com
Daniel J. Downes, P.C.
60 W. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60601
TELEPHONE: (312) 781-1852
FAX: 312-781-1854
TOLL FREE:
(800) 624-2121
[email protected]
Daniel J. Downes, P.C.
2400 Lake Park Drive, Suite 105
Smyrna, GA 30080
TELEPHONE: (404) 872-7759
FAX: 404-872-9430
TOLL FREE:
(888) 753-0533
[email protected]
Hubbell Law Firm, L.L.C.
Union Station
30 West Pershing Road, Suite 350
Kansas City, MO 64108-2463
TELEPHONE: (816) 221-5666
FAX: 816-221-5259
TOLL FREE
NATIONAL: (800) 821-5257
www.hubbellfirm.com
Ingebritson & Associates, P.A.
Attorneys at Law
IDS Center
80 S. 8th Street, Suite 2030
Minneapolis, MN 55402
TELEPHONE: (612) 340-8290
FAX: 612-342-2990
TOLL FREE
NATIONAL: (800) 282-6393
www.ingebritson.com
Jones, Granger, Tramuto &
Halstead
P. O. Box 4340
Houston, TX 77210-4340
TELEPHONE: (713) 668-0230
FAX: 713-956-7139
TOLL FREE
TX ONLY: (800) 392-0620
NATIONAL: (800) 231-3359
www.jonesgranger.com
[email protected]
The Moody Law Firm
500 Crawford Street, Suite 300
Portsmouth, VA 23704
TELEPHONE: (757) 393-4093
FAX: 757-397-7257
TOLL FREE
NATIONAL: (800) 368-1033
www.moodyrrlaw.com
The Moody Law Firm
7400 Baymeadow Way, Suite 105
Jacksonville, fl 32256
TELEPHONE: (904) 256-0018
FAX: 904-256-0019
TOLL FREE
NATIONAL: (800) 368-1033
www.moodyrrlaw.com
The Moody Law Firm
1201 Peachtree Street, N.E.
400 Colony Square, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30361
TELEPHONE: (404) 870-9020
FAX: 770-373-4905
TOLL FREE: (888) 358-6894
www.moodyrrlaw.com
R. Edward Pfiester, Jr.
A Law Corporation
2000 Riverside Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90039 3707
TELEPHONE: (323) 662-6400
FAX: 323-669-8549
TOLL FREE: (800) 344-FELA (3352)
www.pfiesterlaw.com
Pratt & Tobin, P.C.
P. O. Box 179
Route 111 at Airline Drive
East Alton, IL 62024
TELEPHONE: (618) 259-8011
TOLL FREE: (800) 851-5562
Rossi Vucinovich Flaskamp PC
10900 NE 8th Street
Suite 1122
Bellevue, WA 98004-4456
TELEPHONE: (425) 646-8003
FAX: 425-646-8004
TOLL FREE: (866) 357-RAIL (7245)
www.rcvpc.com
3801 E. Florida Avenue, Suite 905
Denver, CO 80210-2500
TELEPHONE: (303) 759-3500
FAX: 303-759-3180
TOLL FREE:
(800) 325-4014
www.rcvpc.com
7401 Metro Blvd., Suite148
Edina, MN 55439
TELEPHONE: (651) 688-7699
Fax: 651-688-7785
TOLL FREE
NATIONAL: (866) 900-FELA (3352)
www.rcvpc.com
5000 Central Park Drive, Suite 204
Lincoln, NE 68504
TELEPHONE: (402) 434-9288
www.rcvpc.com
Thornton & Naumes, LLP
100 Summer Street, 30th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
TELEPHONE: (617) 720-1333
FAX: 617-720-2445
TOLL FREE
NATIONAL: (800) 431-4600
www.tenlaw.com
Why Choose a BMWED-Designated
FELA Attorney?
Official National Division Credential
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division—IBT
The bearer of this credential is authorized as a representative
of approved counsel by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employes to consult and investigate accidents involving
death or injury to our members. The credential expires on
January 1, 2013 unless revoked.
Issued to
Title
Firm
Signed
Freddie N. Simpson/President
Perry K. Geller, Sr./Secretary-Treasurer
In this day of specialization,
most lawyers, like most doctors
and other professionals, tend to
specialize. If you have tax problems, you go to a lawyer who
knows the tax laws. If you have
family matters to be handled, you
go to a lawyer who knows the laws
about wills, estates, probate,
divorce, etc. That is why, if you’re
injured on the railroad, you need to
go to a lawyer who knows the
Federal Employers’ Liability Act
(FELA).
FELA became law in 1908. Under
FELA, an injured railroad employee
or his/her family survivors have the
right to recover damages in court
(state or federal). They have the
right to a jury trial which can award
damages based upon the railroad’s
negligence that resulted in the
employee’s injury or death.
Choosing a Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employes
Division-designated FELA attorney
is important because, as one court
case stated, “injured workers or
their families often fall prey . . . to
persuasive claims adjusters eager
to gain a quick and cheap settlement for their railroad employers,
or to a lawyer either not competent
to try these lawsuits against the
able railroad counsel or too willing
to settle a case for a quick dollar.”
Since most people don’t deal
with lawyers except in a time of
need, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division
has a long-standing policy of
evaluating FELA law firms. Using
established guidelines, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employes Division chooses the
best to be on its approved or
designated list which is printed
twice yearly in the BMWED Journal.
Criteria used for evaluating FELA
law firms include:
• Must have an established record
of successful litigation experience.
• Must furnish National Division
with a summary of cases
handled (insofar as such disclosure is consistent with “attorneyclient” privilege).
• Must charge a contingency fee of
no more than 25 percent.
• Must give injured members free
advice in connection with their
injury and render free assistance
to them in related matters.
Because the Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employes
Division recognizes the importance of
competent and fair legal counsel for
its members, it regularly monitors the
activities of the law firms on its list
and makes changes when needed.
If you do not have a copy of the
approved list of attorneys when you
need it, just call your system division
or federation office and they will give
you names and other necessary
information. In addition, all approved attorneys are issued official
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employes Division credentials each
year. If an attorney contacts you, be
sure to ask for his credential.
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Around the Brotherhood
Allied Federation Local Lodge 2921
Holds Quarterly Meeting
Allied Federation Local Lodge 1563
Honors Retirees
Allied Federation Local Lodge 2921 held their regular quarterly meeting in
Gallup, New Mexico, on December 28, 2011. General Chairman Dennis
Albers and Vice Chairman Pete Amaro were on hand to discuss current
issues, and answer questions.
Allied Federation Local Lodge 1563 held their regular quarterly meeting in
Laredo, Texas, on December 3, 2011. A number of retiring members were
honored with plaques recognizing their years of membership in the
BMWED.
Both General Chairman Dennis Albers and Vice Chairman Pete Amaro were
on hand to join in honoring the retirees, and to discuss current issues with
the members.
Allied Federation Local Lodge 2921 members and guests.
Unified System Division Local Lodge
899 Honors Retiree
Unified System Division Local Lodge 899 recently held their regular quarterly meeting in North Platte, Nebraska. Vice Chairman Mike Gekas was on
hand to discuss issues with the members. During the meeting the lodge
recognized brother Richard “Merty” Merksick and congratulated him on his
retirement.
Brother Merksick began his career in April, 1976. He was elected to serve as
the Lodge’s Secretary-Treasurer in 1991, and held that position until the
time of his retirement.
Front row left to right: Retirement honorees, Pedro G. Pena, Alejo S.
Hinojosa and Heberto H. Hinojosa. Back row, visiting, left to right, Vice
Chairman Pete Amaro and General Chairman Dennis Albers. Also retiring
but not picture, Guadalupe Salazar, Abelino Cisneros and Norm L. Barnes.
Current Secretary-Treasurer Ken Jenkins offered, “All those that worked
with him and those he helped over the years wish him the best in the years
to come. It won’t be the same at meetings without Rich sitting next to me
and pounding the gavel. He has been a great officer and friend to us all.”
Local Chairman Mike Kennedy and Secretary-Treasurer Ken Jenkins join
lodge members in presenting a plaque to Richard Merksick for his many
years of service to the lodge.
Allied Federation Local Lodge members and guests.
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Change of Address Request
Please remember to notify your Federation or the National Division of any change of address or telephone number. It is vital
that this information be kept current. Railroad employers do not always provide this information to the BMWED.
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Allied Federation Forms New Lodge
On December 17, 2011, newly-formed Allied Federation Local Lodge 2426
met in Clinton, South Carolina, and elected new officers. The new lodge
was formed in order to reduce the extreme amount of miles members were
being required to travel in order to attend a meeting.
Vice Chairman Russell Farmer was on hand to conduct elections and meet
with the members.
Affiliated System Federation Local Lodge
599 Holds Quarterly Meeting
Affiliated System Federation Local Lodge 599 held their regular quarterly
meeting, and conducted the elections on December 2, 2011, in Roanoke,
Virginia. Retired General Chairman Joe Pugh was on hand to assist in
conducting the elections.
Vice Chairman Rick Procise was on hand to provide an update on bargaining and to discuss member concerns. Brother Procise offered, “Brother
Pugh retired 15 years ago but continues to be an active participant of the
local lodge. Joe spent 12 days in the hospital less than two weeks before
the meeting but he didn’t let that stop him from attending. Joe sets a great
example for us all.”
Members of Allied Federation Local Lodge 2426 take time out for a photo.
Consolidated Rail System Federation
Local Lodge 507 Holds Quarterly Meeting
Consolidated Rail System Federation Local Lodge 507 recently held their
regular quarterly meeting in Harvey, Illinois. Members present are employed on the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad.
Both General Chairman T. J. Nemeth and Vice Chairman Jeff Bainter were
on hand to discuss issues with the members.
Affiliated System Federation Local Lodge members and guests.
Burlington System Division Vice General
Chairman Roy Miller Joins Rally
Burlington System
Division Vice
General Chairman
Roy Miller joined
fellow Teamsters at
the Capital in
Cheyenne, Wyoming, on December
10, 2011, for the
“Occupy Cheyenne” rally. After
the rally Brother
Miller joined other
participants in a
march down
Capital Avenue to
the old Union
Pacific Depot.
CRSF Local Lodge members and guests.
Roy Miller on left with fellow BLET Teamster.
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BMWED
DIRECTORY
THE OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF NATIONAL DIVISION & SYSTEM OFFICERS AS OF FEBRUARY 2012
FREDDIE N. SIMPSON
Western Region
President
[email protected]
WAYNE E. MORROW
PERRY K. GELLER, SR.
Member
P.O. Box 850
Lyman, WY 82937
(307) 787-7058 Fax: 307-787-3100
[email protected]
Secretary-Treasurer
[email protected]
Arbitration Department
CHARLES R. HOGUE
CAROL SCHAEDIG
Chicago Office
Director of Government Affairs
(202) 508-6447
[email protected]
Staff Assistant, Membership Services
Ext. 633, [email protected]
150 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60606-4101
(312) 630-9328
Fax: 312-630-9438
RICHARD A. INCLIMA
VICE PRESIDENTS
Southwest Region
WADE D. BIRNBAUM
Southeast Region
BILL R. PALMER
Staff Assistant
[email protected]
Chairman
P.O. Box 473
Falls City, NE 68355-0473
(402) 245-4273 Fax: 888-262-8871
[email protected]
KEVIN D. EVANSKI
J. R. COOK
11467 Coates Highway
Brethren, MI 49619
(231) 477-5722
Fax: 231-477-5723
[email protected]
Northwest Region
DAVID D. JOYNT
5350 West Valley Road
Hastings, NE 68901
(402) 463-0816
Fax: 402-462-2747
[email protected]
Southwest Region
ROGER D. SANCHEZ
P.O. Box 2250
Porter, TX 77365
(281) 354-4812
Fax: 281-354-6613
[email protected]
Western Region
DAVID D. TANNER
P.O. Box 116
Robertson, WY 82944-0116
(307) 782-7775
Fax: 307-782-7776
[email protected]
Northeast Region
Northwest Region
MARK S. WIMMER
Member
18921 York Street, N.W., Suite F
Elk River, MN 55330-3001
(763) 441-6355 Fax: 763-441-1741
[email protected]
NATIONAL DIVISION
APPOINTEES
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Southeast Region
DENNIS R. ALBERS
Secretary
111 Imperial Blvd., Suite C-300
Hendersonville, TN 37075
(615) 338-0027 Fax: 615-338-0209
[email protected]
Northeast Region
PAUL R. BEARD
Vice Chairman
6934 Ramblehurst
Sylvania, OH 43560
(419) 843-5636 Fax: 419-843-5641
[email protected]
Staff Assistant
[email protected]
GARY L. HART
SONIA PETTAWAY
Member, NRAB, Third Division
[email protected]
Office Manager
(202) 508-6448
[email protected]
RYAN D. HIDALGO
Staff Assistant
[email protected]
Secretary-Treasurer’s
Department
PETER E. KENNEDY
Southfield Office
Staff Assistant
[email protected]
TIMOTHY W. KREKE
Southfield Office
Public Law Board Coordinator
[email protected]
20300 Civic Center Drive, Suite 320
Southfield, MI 48076
(248) 948-1010 or (248) 359-2 (Ext.#)
Fax: 248-948-7150
RONALD J. COLUMBUS
ANDREW MULFORD
Staff Assistant
[email protected]
Executive Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer
RICK FORBES
General Counsel
Staff Assistant
[email protected]
E. RANDALL BRASSELL
STEVEN V. POWERS
IT Director
BMWED-IBT
20300 Civic Center Dr., Ste. 320
Southfield, MI 48076-4169
(249) 359-2607 Fax: 248-948-7150
Assistant to President
[email protected]
ANGELA KRAJEWSKI
WILLIAM A. BON
Director of Communications
242 W. Main Street, PMB 394
(615) 521-4097 Fax: 615-824-2164
[email protected]
HENRY W. WISE, JR.
3465 Smith Hill Road
Slatington, PA 18080-3423
(610) 767-4940
Fax: 610-767-6452
[email protected]
MARK R. McCARTY
Legislative/Organizing Regional Assistant
4003 Rudy Martin Drive
Owensboro, KY 42301-6646
Cell: (202) 258-1408
[email protected]
President’s Department
Southfield, MI 48076
(248) 948-1010 or (248) 359-2 (Ext.#)
Fax: 248-948-7150
Director of Safety
(202) 508-6449
[email protected]
DAVID M. PASCARELLA
MARK J. SCHAPPAUGH
Staff Assistant
[email protected]
WILLIAM A. HILDENBRAND
DONNA M. HORODKO
National Legislation
Department
Private Secretary
Washington Office
Staff Assistant, Organizing
405 Rolling Hills Drive
Newton, KS 67114-4014
Cell: (316) 836-1748
[email protected]
TIMOTHY McCALL
Director of Organizing
3121 Plantation Key Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
(225) 752-3346 Fax: 225-752-3347
Cell: (225) 978-6503
[email protected]
CYNTHIA PESTA
Administrative Assistant to President
CHRIS LEIDY
Systems Analyst
Executive Assistant to President
GARY W. MARQUART
Administrative Accountant
25 Louisiana Ave., N.W., 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20001-2130
(202) 624-6800 or (202) 508-(Ext#)
Fax: 202-508-6450
DONALD F. GRIFFIN
Director of Strategic Coordination and
Research
1727 King Street, Suite 210
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 548-1262 Fax: 703-563-9457
[email protected]
Staff Assistant, Information Systems
SYSTEM OFFICERS
AFFILIATED SYSTEM
FEDERATION
(606) 931-0115
Fax: 606-931-0008
Alton & Southern Railway Company
CSX Transportation, Incorporated
—Seaboard System Railroad, Incorporated
—Clinchfield Railroad Company
MacArthur Bridge
Manufacturers Railway Company
Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
Company
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Former–Des Moines Union Railway Company
Interstate Railroad Company
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Southern Railway Company
Wabash Railroad Company
Northeast Illinois Railroad Corporation
(Metra)
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
THOMAS R. McCOY, JR.
General Chairman
9300 Runyon Road
Catlettsburg, KY 41129-8753
JACK E. DAVID
First Vice Chairman
1101 County Road 2375
Moberly, MO 65270-4200
(660) 263-7480 Fax: 660-263-7481
[email protected]
RICHARD L. PROCISE
Second Vice Chairman
2400 Washington Avenue
Victoria, VA 23974-4700
(434) 696-2812 Fax: 434-696-2914
[email protected]
WILLIAM J. MARTINKO
National Division Auditor
P.O. Box 190
Brunswick, OH 44212-0190
(330) 460-5630 Fax: 330-460-5660
[email protected]
ALFRED L. WARDELL
MARY MOCHER
ALLIED FEDERATION
Staff Assistant, Financial Services
JEFFREY J. BAINTER
Assistant to President (Acting)
(202) 508-6445
[email protected]
DANIEL YACK
STEVE MOCHER
Government Reporting Services
MICHELLE OSBORNE
Controller
JASON L. RICHERT
National Division Auditor
Secretary-Treasurer
RR.1 Box 63BBB
Pamplin, VA 23958
(800) 752-8009
(615) 338-0027
Fax: 615-338-0209
www.alliedfed.org
Appalachian & Ohio Railroad
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
CSX Transportation Incorporated
Former–Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal
Durham & Southern Railway Company
Seaboard System Railroad,
Incorporated
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
Railroad
Atlanta and West Point—The Western
Railway of Alabama–
Georgia Railroad (including Augusta
and Summerville Railroad)
Atlanta Joint Terminals
El Dorado and Wesson Railway
Evansville & Western Railway
Company
High Point, Thomasville & Denton
Railroad
Huron & Eastern Railway
Kansas City Southern Railway
Company
Former—Louisiana & Arkansas Railway
Company
Milwaukee-Kansas City Southern
Joint Agency
Louisiana and North West Railroad
Company
Mid-Louisiana Rail Corporation
Monon Railroad
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
Oklahoma-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Company
Port Terminal Railroad Association
Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac Railway (including
Potomac Yard)
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Company
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Eastern Lines—Texas & Louisiana Lines
Texas-Mexican Railway Company
Union Belt of Detroit
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Former—Abilene & Southern Railway
Company
Fort Worth Belt Railway Company
Houston Belt & Terminal Railway
Company
Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway
Company
Missouri-Illinois Railroad Company
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
New Orleans & Lower Coast Railroad
Company
Union Terminal Railway Company
(St. Joseph, Missouri)
Weatherford, Mineral Wells &
Northwestern Railway Company
Winston-Salem Southbound Railway
DENNIS R. ALBERS
General Chairman
111 Imperial Blvd., Suite C-300
[email protected]
BILL R. PALMER
First Vice Chairman
P.O. Box 473
Falls City, NE 68355-0473
(402) 245-4273 Fax: 888-262-8871
[email protected]
W. G. FOEHR
First Vice Chairman
P.O. Box 1710
Waller, TX 77484
(936) 372-1906 Fax: 936-372-1909
[email protected]
TERRY W. MIRACLE
First Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer
P.O. Box 452
Harrogate, TN 37752
(423) 869-9996 Fax: 423-869-9882
[email protected]
PEDRO AMARO
Vice Chairman
203 E. Travis Street
Laredo, TX 78040
(956) 712-0080 Fax: 956-712-0082
[email protected]
L. A. BUCKLEY
Vice Chairman
141 Iroquois Trail
Ona, WV 25545-9740
(304) 736-2255 Fax: 304-736-2112
[email protected]
M. RUSSELL FARMER
Vice Chairman
2418 Foster Sprouse Road, N.W.
Thomson, GA 30824-3107
Cell: (706) 361-5777 Fax: 706-595-7709
[email protected]
JEFFREY T. FINCH
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Company
Colorado & Wyoming Railway
Company
Hutchison and Northern Railway
Company
Los Angeles Junction Railway
Sand Springs Railway Company
Wichita Terminal Association,
Wichita Union Terminal Railway
Company
Vice Chairman
10822 Ambergate Drive
Humble, TX 77396
(281) 741-9562 Fax: 281-741-9586
[email protected]
RICHARD C. SANDLIN
ROY GRIFFITH
General Chairman
5031 S. 33rd West Ave., Suite 210
Tulsa, OK 74107
Vice Chairman
900 South Irby Street, Suite 468
Florence, SC 29501
(843) 661-2199 Fax: 843-661-2179
[email protected]
DAVID R. LOPEZ
Vice Chairman
137 N. Ohio Avenue
Clarksburg, WV 26301-2230
(304) 626-3633 Fax: 304-626-3063
[email protected]
SCOTTY D. NISWONGER
Vice Chairman
P.O. Box 264
Cabot, AR 72023-0264
(501) 843-8237 Fax: 501-605-8222
niswonger.scott@ yahoo.com
LAURENCE J. PHILLIPS
Vice Chairman
8 Washington Street, Unit C
Valparasio, IN 46383
(219) 242-8687 Fax: 219-242-8688
[email protected]
ANDREW SHELTON
Vice Chairman
613 Myatt Street
Smyrna, TN 37167-4163
(615) 220-3468 Fax: 615-220-0066
[email protected]
NATHANIEL TRAWICK
Vice Chairman
7720 Breezewood Circle
Pensacola, FL 32534-4015
(850) 474-6399 Fax: 850-474-6959
[email protected]
LARRY L. WRIGHT
Vice Chairman
68 Caudle Lane
Indiahoma, OK 73552-2247
(580) 429-3520 Fax: 580-429-3735
[email protected]
BRIAN R. THIES
Vice Chairman
2170 Lakeview Drive
Cutler, IL 62238-2202
(618) 497-2302 Fax: 618-497-2369
[email protected]
ATCHISON, TOPEKA &
SANTA FE FRISCO
SYSTEM FEDERATION
JOHN B. GARRARD
Vice General Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer
521 S. E. 10th Street
Newton, KS 67114-4407
Assistant General Chairman
19496 S. 4094 Road
Claremore, OK 74019-1916
JOHN L. GELENEAU
Vice Chairman-Secretary-Treasurer
509 E. 7th Street
Morris, MN 56267-1001
(320) 585-6746 Fax: 320-585-5443
Cell: (320) 288-6769
ALLEN R. HOHBEIN
Vice General Chairman
736 Custer Drive
Mandan, ND 58554
MARK J. WEYRAUCH
P.O. Box 101
Ray, ND 58849-0101
(701) 568-2693 Fax: 701-568-2694
MICHAEL J. GARISTO
RANDY S. LUNOW
521 E. 10th Street
Newton, KS 67114-4407
DUANE L. MAIER
BRIAN T. POSTON
521 S.E. 10th Street
Newton, KS 67114-4407
GREGORY S. KREIE
Newton, KS 67114-4407
Cell: (202) 230-7987
[email protected]
BESSEMER & LAKE ERIE
SYSTEM DIVISION
Bessemer and Lake Erie
Railroad Company
903 Pleasant Street
Miles City, MT 59301-3323
(406) 234-0543 Fax: 406-234-0544
General Chairman
123 Teakwood Road
Butler, PA 16001
(412) 600-3020
[email protected]
BRYAN HILLIARD
Secretary-Treasurer
P.O. Box 43
Connoquenessing, PA 16027-0043
MATTHEW NIES
Vice Chairman
116 North Drive
Butler, PA 16001
(724) 601-3856
[email protected]
(612) 332-7947
Fax: (612) 332-6166
[email protected]
Burlington Northern Railroad Company
Former–Oregon Electric Railway
Oregon Trunk Railway
Camas Prairie Railroad
Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer
Railway Company
Longview, Portland and Northern
Railway Company
Montana Rail Link, Inc.
Oregon, California & Eastern Railway
Company
Saint Paul Union Depot
Spokane International Railroad
Company
Willamina & Grand Ronde Railroad
Company
DON E. WILLING
406 N. Daviess Street
Gallatin, MO 64640
(660) 663-3995 or Cell: (402) 469-3810
Fax: 660-663-2995
[email protected]
STACI MOODY-GILBERT
Vice General Chairwoman
2845 South Meadow Lane
Hastings, NE 68901
Cell: (402) 984-8488 Fax: 402-460-4721
[email protected]
GENE A. BELL
Elk River, MN 55330-2920
[email protected]
CHICAGO & EASTERN
ILLINOIS SYSTEM
DIVISION
(618) 548-0363
DAVID L. CARROLL
N 6126 Lacey Street
Spokane, WA 99208-2440
(509) 489-3080 Fax: 509-484-2068
[email protected]
BURLINGTON SYSTEM
DIVISION
Hastings, Nebraska Office
(402) 463-0234
Fax: 402-463-0226
[email protected]
JUSTIN C. UNIK
(918) 446-4677
Fax: 918-446-2799
[email protected]
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Former—Illinois Northern Railway
St. Joseph Terminal Railroad
Company
Burlington Northern Railroad
Company
Former—Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway
Company
4381 State Highway 156
Torrington, WY 82240-8444
(307) 532-1941 Fax: 307-532-7739
[email protected]
PMB 225, 936 Peace Portal Drive
Blaine, WA 98230
(604) 576-2168 Fax: 604-576-2179
Tulsa, Oklahoma Office
(800) 835-2022 or
(316) 283-1470
Fax: 316-283-7264
ROY L. MILLER
General Chairman
510 1st Avenue North #601
Minneapolis, MN 55403-1609
DANA R. SCONYERS
BURLINGTON
NORTHERN SYSTEM
FEDERATION
Newton, Kansas Office
BRUCE G. GLOVER
Elk River, Minnesota Office
(763) 441-6355
Fax: 763-441-1741
Chicago Heights Terminal
Transfer Railroad
Union Pacific System
—Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
(Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad)
L. D. RILEY
General Chairman
3626 Hotze Road
Salem, IL 62881
Phone/Fax: (618) 548-0363
[email protected]
TOM CARTWRIGHT
Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer
17113 Nightingale Place
Lowell, IN 46356
(219) 696-2848 Fax: 219-696-3716
[email protected]
[email protected]
Burlington Northern Railroad Company
—Colorado and Southern Railway Company
Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company
Joint Texas Division of Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad Company and Fort
Worth and Denver Railway Company
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Colorado & Wyoming Railway Company
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Company
Denver Union Terminal Railway Company
Iowa Interstate Railroad L.T.D.
Kansas City Terminal Railway Company
Keokuk Union Depot
Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad
Company
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation
District
Soo Line Railroad Company
Former—Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacific Railroad Company
Minneapolis, Northfield and
Southern Railway, Incorporated
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corp.
DENNIS L. CRAFT
General Chairman
747 N. Burlington Avenue, Suite 312
Hastings, NE 68901
[email protected]
COMMUTER RAILROAD
SYSTEM DIVISION
(609) 396-8487 or
(609) 396-8488
(800) 344-2718 (in NY, NJ,
DE, CT, PA only)
Fax: 609-396-8489
[email protected]
New Jersey Transit Rail Operations,
Incorporated
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority
SEAN D. GERIE
General Chairman
P.O. Box 1238
Trenton, NJ 08607-1238
STEVEN J. HOFFMAN
777 Congress Street
Toms River, NJ 08753-8705
Cell: (908) 399-2187
MICHAEL BARRETT
MARK S. WIMMER
Assistant to the General Chairman
Elk River, MN 55330
[email protected]
Vice Chairman
P.O. Box 5
Ridley Park, PA 19078-0005
Cell: (908) 399-2186
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SYSTEM FEDERATION
(419) 734-9811
Fax: (419) 734-7267
[email protected]
MICHAEL W. NAGLE
General Chairman
6049 Seville Road
Duluth, MN 55811-9608
(218) 729-9786
Cell: (218) 428-7246
[email protected]
W. “BUTCH” GALBRAITH
Amtrak (Albany-Rensselaer, New York Area)
Amtrak (Beech Grove, Indiana Shop)
Amtrak (Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Michigan
City, Indiana Facilities)
Consolidated Rail Corporation Shared Assets
(Detroit, New Jersey, Philadelphia)
CSX Transportation, Inc.
— Consolidated Rail Lines (NYC)
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
Grand Trunk Rail System
Guilford Transportation Industries
(Springfield
Terminal Railway Company) Boston and
Maine Corporation
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company
Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad
Monongahela Connecting Railroad
Company
—Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Co.
Lorain & West Virginia Railway Co.
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Co. including Nickel Plate, Lake Erie
and Western and Clover Leaf Districts,
and Wheeling & Lake Erie District
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Co.
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
Company
THOMAS J. NEMETH
General Chairman
58 Grande Lake Drive, Suite 2
Port Clinton, OH 43452
(216) 382-7122 Fax: 216-382-5583
[email protected]
EDWARD W. LONG
First Vice General Chairman
3493 Webster Road
Fredonia, NY 14063
(716) 672-6322
[email protected]
MICHAEL D. FLOWERS
Second Vice General Chairman
402 East 1000 North
Alexandria, IN 46001
(765) 724-4337
[email protected]
JOHN W. GIBLIN, JR.
Secretary-Treasurer
R.R. 9, Box 9401
Moscow, PA 18444
(570) 842-3110
[email protected]
First Vice Chairman
1508 12th Street, South
Virginia, MN 55792
Cell: (218) 750-7122
JAMES R. SONNESON
Second Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer
5629 W. Arrowhead Road
Hermantown, MN 55811
ELGIN, JOLIET & EASTERN
SYSTEM DIVISION
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
Railway Company
ROLANDO DELMURO
General Chairman
6912 Foxwood Drive
Schererville, IN 46375-4462
(219) 314-9658
[email protected]
563 Church Hill Road
Augusta, ME 04330-9746
(207) 623-1468 Fax: 207-622-1834
Cell: (207) 215-3096
[email protected]
JOHN WERR
Secretary-Treasurer
8630 Raintree Road
Tinley Park, IL 60487
(708) 429-4909
Cell: (708) 743-4516
ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF
FEDERATION
(270) 247-0600
Fax: 270-247-0453
[email protected]
General Chairman
100 West Farthing Street
Mayfield, KY 42066-3244
(270) 247-0636
[email protected]
TIM HOFFMAN
TIM PETTY
Duluth, Missabe and Iron
Range Railway Company
RENATO G. RUFO
JOHN P. TRACY
HAYWARD J. GRANIER
DULUTH, MISSABE & IRON
RANGE SYSTEM DIVISION
503 Fernwood Avenue
Johnson City, NY 13790
Cell: (607) 725-6331
[email protected]
Assistant Chairman
2212 Ardaugh Avenue
Crest Hill, IL 60435
(815) 955-5354 Fax: 815-730-9816
[email protected]
300 North Bliss Avenue
Muncie, IN 47304
(765) 759-8760 Fax: 765-759-8761
[email protected]
36512 Derby Downs Drive
Solon, OH 44139-2656
[email protected]
DALE E. BOGART, JR.
THOMAS LEGNER
JEFFERY J. BAINTER
PAUL KILGALLON
General Chairman
135 Mick Lane
Oneonta, NY 13820-4316
(607) 988-7416 Fax: 607-988-9358
Cell: (607) 435-9332
[email protected]
Vice Chairman
26 N. Hobart Road
Hobart, IN 46342-3356
DAVID W. CHRISTIAN
59 Carriage Road
Clifton Park, NY 12065-7503
(518) 371-4725
[email protected]
6934 Ramblehurst
Sylvania, OH 43560
(419) 843-5636 Fax: 419-843-5641
[email protected]
STUART A. HURLBURT, JR.
161 Isabella Avenue
Providence, RI 02908
(401) 421-4292 Cell: (401) 829-2909
Fax: 401-454-0760
[email protected]
Amtrak (New Orleans Union Passenger
Terminal)
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Company
Cedar River Railroad
Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company
Columbus & Greenville Railway Company
Gateway Western Railway,
Illinois Central Railroad
Meridian & Bigbee Railroad Company
MidSouth Rail Corporation
Mississippi Export Railroad
Paducah-Louisville Railway
Southern Pacific, Chicago, St. Louis
Corporation
—Chicago, Missouri & Western Railway
Company
SouthRail Corporation
Terminal Railway, Alabama State Docks
PAUL R. BEARD
Aroostook Valley Railroad Company
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company
CSX Transportation, Incorporation
—Consolidated Rail Corporation
—New York Connecting Railroad
Penn Central—New York, New haven and
Hartford Railroad Company
Delaware & Hudson Railway Company
Guilford Transportation Industries
(Springfield Terminal Railway Company),
Main Central Railroad Company,
Portland Terminal Company
Lamoille Valley Railroad Company
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railroad
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Corporation
100 West Farthing
Mayfield, KY 42066
(270) 247-0600
[email protected]
NORTHEASTERN SYSTEM
FEDERATION
Amtrak (Northeast Corridor)
Amtrak (South Station, Boston,
Massachusetts)
JOHN MAXWELL
2 Kerry Farm Drive
Standish, ME 04084
(207) 221-2882
Cell: (207) 831-6789
[email protected]
KENNETH E. HERRINGTON
36 Walnut Street
Mechanicville, NY 12118-1040
(518) 664-3557
Cell: (518) 859-6816
[email protected]
MICHAEL B. CARTER
32 N. Cobble Hill Road
Warwick, RI 02886-9307
(401) 886-4747
Cell: (401) 465-1409
[email protected]
PENNSYLVANIA
FEDERATION
(215) 574-3515
Fax: 215-574-1910
www.pennfedbmwe.org
Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad Company
Amtrak
—Penn Central
Chicago Union Station Company
Washington Terminal Company
Canton Railroad Company
CSX Transportation , Inc.
Baltimore & Eastern Railroad Company
Buffalo Creek Railroad
Ironton Railroad Company, the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Penn Central-Pennsylvania Railroad
Company,
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
Monongahela Railway Company
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Company
Middle Fork Railroad Company
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
(See CSX Transportation, Inc.)
Western Maryland Railway Company
JED DODD
General Chairperson
421 N. 7th Street, Suite 299
Philadelphia, PA 19123-3925
[email protected]
WILLIAM K. MANNING
Vice Chairperson
P.O. Box 285
Prospect Park, PA 19076-0285
(610) 461-8641 Fax: 610-461-0422
[email protected]
GEORGE C. DAVIDSON
Vice Chairperson-Secretary-Treasurer
P.O. Box 2408
Aston, PA 19014-2408
(610) 485-4365 Fax: 610-485-4369
[email protected]
CHARLES W. HANSLER
Vice Chairperson
149 Andreas Road
Andreas, PA 18211-9507
(570) 386-1155 Fax: 570-386-2811
[email protected]
C. PERRY RAPIER
Vice Chairperson
309 Tillman Avenue
Greenville, OH 45331
(937) 459-5335 Fax: 937-459-5336
[email protected]
SOUTHERN SYSTEM
DIVISION
(800) 537-2194
Fax: 865-671-1386
[email protected]
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company
—Piedmont and Northern Railway Company
—Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company
Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Company
Central of Georgia Railroad Company
Chattanooga Traction Company
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific
Railway Company
Georgia Northern Railway
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Company
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Railroad
Company
Live Oak, Perry and South Georgia Railway
Company
Louisiana Southern Railway Company
New Orleans Terminal Company
Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway
Company
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway
Company
Tennessee Railway Company
Valdosta Southern Railroad
VAE Nortrak - Birmingham, AL Plant
PAUL DOMINIC
Vice Chairperson
503 Route 259
Ligonier, PA 15658
(724) 238-7505 Fax: 724-238-7506
[email protected]
ANTHONY ROCHON
SAMUEL J. ALEXANDER
General Chairman
P.O. Box 24068
Knoxville, TN 37933-2068
[email protected]
Vice Chairperson
P.O. Box 5267
Upper Marlboro, MD 20775-1267
(301) 336-9442 Fax: 301-336-3895
[email protected]
M. L. SELLERS
STEVE STEARN
MARCUS F. HOOD
Vice Chairperson
P.O. Box 223
Perryville, MD 21903
(410) 658-6281 Fax: 410-658-6285
[email protected]
Vice Chairman
3470 Georgia Hwy 15 North
Warthen, GA 31094-4024
Cell: (706) 832-1606
[email protected]
Assistant Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer
P.O. Box 285
Menlo, GA 30731-0285
[email protected]
THOMAS WOHANKA
Vice Chairperson
238 Garfield Avenue
Laurence Harbor, NJ 08879
(732) 673-9076 Fax: 732-566-6313
[email protected]
SEABOARD FEDERATION
(800) 418-7223
(904) 642-8076
Fax: 904-642-7838
Amtrak
—Jacksonville Terminal Company
CSX Transportation, Incorporated
—Seaboard System Railroad, Incorporated
Gainesville Midland Railroad Company
Port Everglades Railway
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company
(-Seaboard Airline Railroad Company)
Florida East Coast Railway
—Carolina & Northwestern Railway Company
JAMES D. KNIGHT
General Chairman
2153 Broadwater Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32225
WILLIAM L. GLISSON
First Vice Chairman
9212 Riverview Drive
Riverview, FL 33578
Cell: (813) 426-5338
MARK B. FERRIS
2153 Broadwater Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32225
SOUTHWESTERN
FEDERATION
(620) 795-2762
Fax: (620) 795-2712
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad
Company
Galveston Wharves
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company
Texas City Terminal Railway Company
LARRY L. FOSTER
General Chairman
1845 11000 Road
Oswego, KS 67356-8764
Cell: (620) 515-2664
[email protected]
TERRY D. WILLIAMS
810 South D. Street
McAlester, OK 74501-6119
(918) 429-1893 Cell: (918) 916-0866
UNIFIED SYSTEM
DIVISION
(800) 525-1833
(307) 787-7058
Fax: 307-787-3100
Amtrak
—Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal
Amtrak (Mechanical Facility, Los Angeles,
California)
Belt Railway Company of Chicago
Central California Traction Company
Chicago and North Western
Transportation Company
Former–Chicago Great Western Railway
Company
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Railway Company
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Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Railway Company
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company
Minneapolis Industrial Railway
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
Company
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
Company
Harbor Belt Line Railroad
McCloud River Railroad
Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company
Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company
Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Company
Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad
Company
Portland Terminal Railroad Company
Pueblo Union Depot & Railroad Company
San Diego & Arizona Eastern
Transportation Company
Sierra Railroad Company
South Omaha Terminal Railway Company
Southern Pacific Transportation Company,
Western Lines
—Pacific Lines
Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad
Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad
Union Pacific System
Former—Mount Hood Railway Company
Sacramento Northern Railway
Tidewater Southern Railway
Company
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Yakima Valley Transportation
Company
Utah Railway Company
VAE Nortrak - Cheyenne, WY Plant
Valley & Siletz Railroad Company
W. E. MORROW
General Chairman
P.O. Box 850
Lyman, WY 82937
(307) 787-7058
Fax: 307-787-3100
[email protected]
LOUIS R. BELOW
P.O. Box 629
El Dorado, CA 95623-0629
(530) 622-7535 Fax: 530-622-7569
[email protected]
RODNEY D. MULDER
MIKE GEKAS
4705 Dover Drive
Ames, IA 50014
(515) 292-7691 Fax: 515-292-1034
[email protected]
Vice Chairman
P.O. Box 1658
1414 Z Avenue
LaGrande, OR 97850-6658
(541) 962-7695 Fax:541-963-4103
Cell: (202) 731-8229
[email protected]
RICARDO CANCHOLA
Vice Chairman
P.O. Box 939
Elverta, CA 95626-0939
(916) 419-7754 Fax: 916-419-2066
[email protected]
JEFF RANKIN
TONY D. CARDWELL
Vice Chairman
5729 Main Street #238
Springfield, OR 97478
Add(541) 505-9348 Fax: 541-505-9654
[email protected]
WISCONSIN CENTRAL
SYSTEM DIVISION
(920) 494-BMWE (2693)
Fax: 920-494-2694
[email protected]
Wisconsin Central
JOE LETIZIA
General Chairman
912 Redwood Drive
Green Bay, WI 54304
Cell: (715) 572-7127
Vice Chairman
P.O. Box 733
Marshalltown, IA 50158-0733
(641) 753-9060 Fax: 641-753-9607
[email protected]
GALEN E. OWEN
Vice Chairman
P.O. Box 305
Trenton, MO 64683-0305
(660) 359-2551 Fax: 660-359-2174
[email protected]
JOHN G. DAKE, JR.
DAVID R. SCOVILLE
BRIAN J. RUMLER
Vice Chairman
P.O. Box 141845
Spokane Valley, WA 99214
(509) 227-7295 Fax: 509-474-0386
[email protected]
Vice Chairman
235 Nature Valley Place
Owatonna, MN 55060-1385
(507) 446-0901 Fax: 507-446-0903
[email protected]
THOMAS DAFFINSON
N1557 State Road 73
Wautoma, WI 54982
(920) 948-8931
Second Vice Chairman
P.O. Box 413
Osseo, WI 54758-0413
(715) 597-2611
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STATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTORS
ALABAMA
ILLINOIS
MICHIGAN
NEW YORK
SOUTH DAKOTA
JAMES “TERRY” FRANKS
361 8th Avenue East
Guin, AL 35563
(205) 468-2171 Cell: (205) 269-5720
[email protected]
JOHNNY OETH, III
131 West Miners
Box 170
Wataga, IL 61488-0170
Cell: (309) 221-2319
[email protected]
ARCHIE LHAMON
55647 Giddings Court
Mattawan, MI 49071
(269) 668-2263 Fax: 269-668-4360
Cell: (269) 370-7104
[email protected]
MICHAEL MANCINI
40 Lovis Drive
West Sand Lake, NY 12196-3012
Cell: (518) 478-3296
[email protected]
JOSEPH J. KRALJIC
1349 Cottage Drive
Stillwater, MN 55082-5915
Cell: (202) 230-7997
[email protected]
INDIANA
MINNESOTA
NORTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
JEFFREY J. BAINTER
300 N. Bliss Avenue
Muncie, IN 47304
(765) 759-8760 Fax: 765-759-8761
Cell: (202) 258-1507
[email protected]
SCOTT KERLING
1200 Division Street S.
Northfield, MN 55057-2622
(507) 645-2622 Cell: (952) 393-6617
[email protected]
WARREN D. EARNEST
1423 Weststone Drive
Charlotte, NC 28208
Cell: (704) 756-7135
Fax: 704-392-5967
[email protected]
SAMUEL J. ALEXANDER
10724 Plum Creek Drive
Knoxville, TN 37922
(865) 531-9865 Fax: 865-671-1384
Cell: (865) 368-8448
[email protected]
IOWA
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH DAKOTA
TEXAS
MURPHY EVANS, JR.
2405 Whitetail Circle
West Point, MS 39773
(662) 494-8592 Cell: (662) 425-5659
[email protected]
COREY JOHNSON
911 4th Street SW
Minot, ND 58701
(701) 420-2070 Cell: (701) 720-4750
[email protected]
RICKY J. RICHARD
5307 Lyre Street
Orange, TX 77630
(409) 735-9386 Cell: (409) 749-0663
[email protected]
MISSOURI
OHIO
UTAH
RICHARD A. TAYLOR
9214 Highway J
Jacksonville, MO 65260-3409
(660) 295-4360 Cell: (660) 651-4625
[email protected]
PERRY K. GELLER, JR.
7994 E. Riedmaier Drive
Port Clinton, OH 43440-9678
Cell: (419) 309-0570
[email protected]
PHILLIP O. SCOTT
2002 S. 1840 W.
Syracuse, UT 84075
(801) 525-1958 Cell: (801) 390-7239
[email protected]
MONTANA
OKLAHOMA
VERMONT
CODY DIX
636 7th Avneue, N.
Glasgow, MT 59230
(406) 263-7329
[email protected]
LEONARD W. TREKELL
421 Colorado
North Enid, OK 73701
(580) 233-2548
[email protected]
VACANT
NEBRASKA
OREGON
SPENCER MORRISEY
P.O. Box 156
548 Jackson
Tecumseh, NE 68450
(402) 335-2181 Fax: 402-335-4021
Cell: (402) 335-7181
[email protected]
MIKE GEKAS
P.O. Box 1658
1414 Z Avenue
LaGrande, OR 97850-6658
(541) 962-7695 Fax:541-963-4103
Cell: (202) 731-8229
[email protected]
JOHN P. TRACY
563 Church Hill Road
Augusta, ME 04330-8214
(207) 623-1468 Fax: 207-622-1834
Cell: (207) 215-3096
[email protected]
NEVADA
PENNSYLVANIA
VACANT
MARYLAND
WILLIAM K. MANNING
P.O. Box 285
Prospect Park, PA 19076-0285
(610) 461-8641 Fax: 610-461-0422
Cell: (610) 322-7071
[email protected]
KEVIN HUSSEY
12 Steinhardt Avenue
Old Bridge, NJ 08857
(732) 251-8486 Fax: (732) 251-6460
[email protected]
ARIZONA
GREGORY S. KREIE
Newton, KS 67114-4407
(316) 283-1470 Fax: 316-283-7264
Cell: (202) 230-7987
[email protected]
ARKANSAS
SCOTTY D. NISWONGER
P.O. Box 264
Cabot, AR 72023-0264
(501) 843-8237 Cell: (501) 605-3193
[email protected]
CALIFORNIA
RON HOFFMAN
1607 9th Avenue, S.W.
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
(319) 364-2180 Cell: (319) 270-3618
[email protected]
FREDERICK W. HUGG
3635 Charqui Court
Oroville, CA 95965
(530) 534-4844 Fax: 530-534-4844
Cell: (530) 370-8682
[email protected]
KANSAS
COLORADO
KENTUCKY
JOHN E. RUTHERFORD
1704 Raton Avenue
La Junta, CO 81050-3423
(719) 384-9685
[email protected]
MARK R. MCCARTY
4003 Rudy Martin Drive
Owensboro, KY 42301-6646
Cell: (202) 258-1408
[email protected]
CONNECTICUT
LOUISIANA
DAVID CERRITO
18 John Street
Branford, CT 06405
(203) 315-8311
JACK W. MYERS
6827 N. University Avenue
Carencro, LA 70520-5244
(337) 896-4197 Cell: (337) 781-1129
[email protected]
DELAWARE
GUY DOUGLAS
7 Berwick Court
Newark, DE 19702
(302) 836-0662 Cell: (302) 250-3804
[email protected]
FLORIDA
WILLIAM L. GLISSON
9212 Riverview Drive
Riverview, FL 33578
Cell: (813) 426-5338
[email protected]
GEORGIA
TOM BOYD
1847 Huckaby Road
Waycross, VA 31503-8311
(912) 614-2761
[email protected]
IDAHO
ALAN E. HEMMERT
P.O. Box 355
Paris, ID 83261-0355
(208) 945-0949 Cell: (208) 390-1934
[email protected]
JOHN A. (TONY) MARTINEZ
1301 S. Sherman Ave.
Liberal, KS 67901
(620) 624-6108 Cell: (620) 482-2578
[email protected]
MAINE
STEVE STEARN
P.O. Box 223
Perryville, MD 21903-0223
(410) 658-6281 Fax: 410-658-6285
[email protected]
MASSACHUSETTS
JAMES A. TEAGUE
33 Dinley Street
Dracut, MA 01826
(978) 710-3429 Cell: (617) 293-9031
[email protected]
NEW HAMPSHIRE
VACANT
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
FRANK DAVID
P.O. Box 416
Vanderwagen, NM 87326-0416
(505) 778-5794 Cell: (505) 979-1093
[email protected]
RHODE ISLAND
MICHAEL BESSETTE
261 Ann Street
Cumberland, RI 02864
Cell: (401) 575-0854
SOUTH CAROLINA
BRYANT D. MOSES
705 S. Church Street
Florence, SC 29506
(843) 669-8177 Cell: (843) 618-3473
[email protected]
VIRGINIA
GREGORY L. MARSTON
400 Melody Lane
Crewe, VA 23930-1066
(434) 645-7496 Fax: 434-645-1859
Cell: (434) 298-6941
[email protected]
WASHINGTON
RUSS PITNER
220 86th Street, N.W.
Tulalip, WA 98271
(360) 659-4411
[email protected]
WEST VIRGINIA
DANA D. BOOTH
310 1/2 Beverly Pike
Belington, WV 26250-9412
(304) 823-2054
[email protected]
WISCONSIN
MICHAEL J. KOZIARA
W6531 Casberg Coulee Road
Holmen, WI 54636
Cell: (608) 317-9755
[email protected]
WYOMING
KRISTINA DELGADO
P.O. Box 1761
Casper, WY 82602-1761
(307) 234-6510 Fax: 307-234-6510
Cell: (307) 259-8643
[email protected]
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Ralph W Anfinson ICGF
Jeffrey S Carlson ICGF
Daniel A Cederholm ICGF
Edwin F Close
ICGF
Scott T Close
ICGF
Duane D Falley
AF-SW
Richard S Gallegos USD-W
Travis J Jackson ICGF
Chris D Jacobsen ICGF
M T Mc Dermott ICGF
Tim L Meyer
ICGF
Randy S Miller
ICGF
Wade A Miller
ICGF
Clarke L Oestereich ICGF
Jeffrey J Weber ICGF
Gary Wiese
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Benjamin W Kent ICGF
D C Kinnischtzke BURNOR
Stephen R Lumsden ICGF
Jimmy L Morris
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K W Pfaff
BURNOR
Rex C Prescott
BURNOR
La Verne L Radtke BURNOR
Dale A Rogers
ICGF
Phillip A Rose
SOU
David B Schwartz ICGF
Jeff L Seibert
ICGF
Kim H Sheppard ICGF
Jeffrey K Spahn ICGF
Keith A Stocks
ICGF
Will Thomas
ICGF
Danny J Wilson ICGF
Howard L Wilson ICGF
Keith D Zautke
BURL
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Albert Ballow
Henry J Chavez
John E Cole
James J Cole
Louis E Ebaugh
Baldamar T Gallegos
Joseph L Gallegos
Jake Gallegos Jr
Keith Hickenlooper
William E Horn
William Hunter
Leon Jones
Roy L Jones
Lewis W Lindbloom
Lyle B Long
Henry Lucero
Audon Lucero
Joe N Martinez
Margarito Ramirez
Elbert M Ross
Darwin Smout
Willie Snyder
Emilio P Valdez
Gabriel G Vidrios
Jackie R Volesky
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Brotherhood Awards 2011 BMWED Scholarships
The Brotherhood is
pleased to announce the two
winners of the 2011 BMWED
Annual Scholarship Award.
BMWED scholarships were
recently awarded to BMWED
member Peter E. Kennedy
from Hammond, Indiana and
BMWED member Clay D. Lee
from Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
Each scholarship award is in
the amount of $2,000.00.
PETER E. KENNEDY
Stephen J Boulting ICGF
Leonard C Brandenberg BURNOR
Jack L Hollis
PENN
James H Hollis
AT&SFF
Tim P Petty
ICGF
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Officers of the
BMWED as of
February, 2012. The
directory is published
twice annually.
Brother Kennedy is a
member of Allied Federation
Local Lodge 466. He began his career in the Maintenance of Way Department of CSX
Railroad in 2003. Brother Kennedy served as Local Secretary-Treasurer for Lodge 466 for
four years.
Brother Kennedy is currently employed in the BMWED’s Chicago office as a Staff
Assistant where his primary duties are to research and write submissions in support of
claims that will be submitted for arbitration. He indicates that he will apply the knowledge
attained through his education to improve his ability and skills in his position with the
BMWED.
Brother Kennedy previously studied at Indiana University South Bend. He earned a
degree on June 26, 2010 from the Labor College with a double major in Political Economy
of Labor and Union Administration and Leadership. Brother Kennedy had the honor of
being class speaker at his graduation ceremonies. He continues his education, working
toward a masters degree in Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution at Creighton
University.
A previous winner of the BMWED Annual Scholarship Award, Brother Kennedy is also
a previous recipient of a Union Plus Scholarship Award.
In writing how the BMWED had impacted his life, Brother Kennedy wrote in part, “The
opportunity and support the BMWED has given me to be involved in organized labor has
allowed me to help many of my Union family members thus far. BMWED’s financial support via its 2011 annual scholarship will help me obtain my academic goals, which will
therefore improve my ability to help many more Union family members in the years to
come. The BMWED has positively impacted my life, as it has given me my identity and
sense of pride that I obtain from being a part of organized labor in the railroad industry.
There is no doubt that my on the job training, supplemented with my collegiate level
education, will help me become an effective leader and advocate within the BMWED and
will improve my ability to serve our Union family for years to come.”
CLAY D. LEE
Brother Lee is a member
of Burlington System Division
Local Lodge 961. He has been
active in a number of union
efforts since he began his
career in the Maintenance of
Way Department of BNSF
Railway in 2006.
Brother Lee attends
Chadron State College in
Chadron, Nebraska, and is
enrolled as a freshman. He is
seeking a degree in Business
Leadership with an emphasis
on Organizational Psychology.
In writing how the
BMWED had impacted his life,
Brother Lee wrote in part,
“The union has fought for us
to have a living wage, benefits
such as good health insurance, equal opportunities based on seniority (not bias), and a
safe work environment. The union assures that we have the tools and equipment needed
to assure we get the job done. The union gives us a voice and has a strong lobby with the
government in order to advocate for us in support of us as employees and to make
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CHILDREN AND DEPENDENTS UNDERSTAND UNION’S ROLE
BMWED Scholarship Essay Excerpts
Based upon the 2011 scholarship applications received, it is clear that the children and
dependents of BMWED members understand
and appreciate the role of the BMWED in their
personal lives. The BMWED Scholarship program requires each applicant to submit an essay
of 300 words or less describing “How the
BMWED has impacted my life.” Below are some
selected excerpts drawn from student essays
submitted with their BMWED Scholarship
applications. All excerpts are from the children
and dependents of BMWED members:
“I’m fascinated as to how each generation
worked and fought for future generations….
Whenever I read about poor wages and how
millions of Americans are out of work and losing
jobs, I wish they had someone fighting for them.
I wish everyone could have positive collective
bargaining and be inspired in the way I have.”
Caleb H. –Morganton, NC
★★★
“The BMWED [provides] its employees with
options, such as being able to take your children
to the doctor, with healthcare, and dental along
with vision insurance…. Over the years I’ve
learned that the union gives a person the
strength to exercise the rights to fairness and
equality.” Samantha L. – Southgate, MI
★★★
“By giving railroad workers health and
dental insurance the BMWED has given me, my
dad, and our family this insurance. If my dad
was not provided this insurance he would never
have gotten to have back surgery and go back to
work to provide for his family. Insurance is a
very important thing and I greatly thank the
BMWED for providing my family with insurance.” Cassandra P. – Marion, IN
★★★
“[Without] the BMWED I would not have
received all of the necessities one needs to
survive…. I’m thankful everyday my father was
provided with [representation] from the BMWED
and without them my window of opportunities
would have been slim.” Jasmine L. –Gretna, VA
★★★
“With BMWED looking for better healthcare
for employees, we are able to receive high
quality care at an affordable price. If there is one
thing my dad taught me about BMWED, it is that
they help make sure his job will remain secure
and they will always fight for his beneficial
needs as their top priority…. I hope when I get a
job, I have a [union] like BMWED fighting for me
like they have fought for my dad.”
Michael H. –Bancroft, WI
★★★
“My father has been a BMWED member for
over 20 years now. The union has been there for
him just like my dad has been there for me.
BMWE has ensured that my father has a stable,
protected position. Many labor-intensive jobs
have been lost during this tough economy.
However, we know that we have a strong union
protecting the jobs and livelihood of its members.” Tracey Lynn G. –Highland Lake, UT
★★★
“The BMWED has given our family medical
benefits and got my dad a forty-hour work week.
The BMWED also helps by making sure my dad
has as safe a work environment as possible…. In
the end I hope BMWED keeps on fighting for my
dad and other employees to help us live our
lives without some worries.”
Marshall S. –Minot, ND
★★★
“BMWED has helped me and my family by
relieving us of the stress of wondering if our
father has a reliable and secure job. Security is a
major issue in today’s job market, and the great
thing about my father being with the BMWED, is
that he has that certainty. Without [BMWED
provided] healthcare, vision, or dental insurance
we would not be able to afford to see our doctor
or get eye exams, or have our teeth cleaned and
cared for properly.” Torie P. –Lynnville, IN
★★★
“I am aware and appreciative of the benefits
that BMWE provides to my family. In addition to
a good standard of living, my father has the
benefit of holidays and vacation time….. His
union affiliation also has helped me understand
that membership and collective agreements give
rights and a voice to people at all levels of an
organization.” William L. –Bennett, CO
★★★
“I feel very fortunate to know that the
BMWED negotiates benefits for my father and
our family. I am especially grateful to know that
the union works hard for medical benefits. I have
a brother with autism. I know that the medical
expenses that my parents would have endured
would be overwhelming without wonderful
medical benefits.” Maverick W. –Plymouth, IL
★★★
“I have observed my father’s work ethic and
how he performs his job duty with great pride.
He has told me, ‘my job is very important to me
and things may not always go my way, but I
have someone to speak on my behalf.” BMWED
has been very instrumental in making my
father’s job less stressful…which is very important and healthy….” Briar B. – Shuqualak, MS
★★★
“My dad is proud of the work the BMWED
does. When I had to do ‘work experience’ my
dad suggested that I come with him to a union
meeting…. We went to a Lodge meeting and
listened to a discussion about holiday pay, rights
of representation for a man under investigation,
and a discussion about work rules. All of these
things… are benefits negotiated by the union.”
Nina G. –Blain, WA
★★★
Upon reviewing the scholarship applications
with the Vice Presidents, President Simpson
said, “I am extremely impressed with the quality
of the essays and the applicants’ thoughtful and
reflective insights regarding the impact BMWED
has had on their young lives. I only wish we had
the means to provide each and every one of
these deserving students with a scholarship
award. These young Americans are keenly
aware of the role BMWED plays in negotiating
quality insurance benefits for their families as
well as our work in areas such as job security,
wages, and safety.
I congratulate the parents of these future
leaders of America for raising such fine young
men and women and instilling within them a
deep appreciation for the contributions of
organized labor to American working families
and the American dream. On behalf of the
members and officers of BMWED, I extend to
each student our best wishes for continued
academic success and in all their future
endeavors.”
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Burlington System Division Conducts Local Lodge Meetings
D
uring the year-end election cycle, Burlington System Division held
local lodge elections. A number of the meetings were attended by Vice
General Chairperson Staci Moody-Gilbert. Among those were Local
Lodges 230, 1108, 1533 and 1888.
Newly-elected officers
for Burlington System
Division Local Lodge 230,
headquartered in St.
Joseph, Missouri. Pictured left to right Secretary-Treasurer Frank
Roberts, Local Chairman
Ron Inglis, President Eric
Rainey and Vice President Dave Shouse.
After Local Lodge 230
elections members and
guests honored retiring
Local Lodge SecretaryTreasurer Earl Stewart
with a plaque for his
years of service to the
lodge. Earl Stewart is
pictured center holding
plaque.
Newly-elected officers for
Burlington System Division
Local Lodge 1108, headquartered in Alliance, Nebraska.
Pictured left to right while
being sworn in, Auditing
Committee Paul Fries, Secretary-Treasurer Patrick
Sherlock, Local Chairman Gene Thompson, Recording Secretary Dale
Forgey, Past President Chuck Kelley, Vice President Mark Palmer, and
President Jodi Thompson.
Newly-elected officers, members and guests of Burlington System Division Local Lodge 1533. Pictured left to right, Bob Anderson, Vice President
Pat Mulholland, Secretary-Treasurer John Reynolds, Dick Anders, Vice
General Chairman Don Willing, President Kevin Liles, Vince Roberts and
Stan Thornberg.
Newly-elected officers for Burlington System Division Local
Lodge 1888, headquartered in Red Oak, Iowa. Pictured from left
to right, Vice President John Miller, President Tony Ripperger,
Secretary-Treasurer Scott Hermann and Local Chairman Wade
Culver.
Pennsylvania Federation Local
Lodge 3018 Holds Elections
Pennsylvania Federation Local Lodge 3018 recently elected officers at their
regular quarterly meeting in Canton, Ohio. Both National Division Secretary-Treasurer Perry Geller and Pennsylvania Federation Vice Chairman
Perry Rapier were on hand for the elections and meeting. Secretary Geller
gave the members an update on national bargaining and fielded related
questions from members.
Pennsylvania Federation Local Lodge 3018 officers, members
and guests. Also in attendance but not pictured, Paul
Palandrani.
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Allied Federation Local Lodge
670 Holds Elections
Allied Federation Local Lodge 670 held their elections during the regular
quarterly meeting in Nashville, Tennessee on December 14, 2011. General
Chairman Dennis Albers and a number System Officers were in attendance, and discussed issues with the members.
President Jeff Joines, Local Chairman Randy Brassell and SecretrayTreasurer Andrew Shelton were re-elected to serve another term. George
Belcher was newly elected to serve as Vice President.
Allied Federation Local Lodge officers, members and guests.
BMWED National Division Holds
Third Officer Educational
Affiliated System Federation
Local Lodge 571 Holds Elections
Affiliated System Federation Local Lodge 571 held a special meeting in
Lebanon, Virginia on November 5, 2011, and elected officers. Affiliated
System Federation Vice Chairman Rick Procise was on hand to discuss
current issues with the members and answer any questions.
A picture of the new officers and members was submitted by Local Lodge
571 Secretary-Treasurer Johnny Long.
Affiliated
System
Federation
Local Lodge
571 officers,
members and
guests.
Allied Federation Local Lodge
366 Members Honor Retirees
Local Lodge members and System Federation officers attended a retirement party in honor of three retiring members of Allied Federation Local
Lodge 366 in San Antonio, Texas on December 10, 2011. Luis Luna, Efrain
Rodriquez and Keith Mays were all presented with retirement watches.
The BMWED, in cooperation with the federations, conducted another twoweek long Advanced Officer Educational. The training took place at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee from January 8 - 20,
2012.
The training is part of the Brotherhood’s Transition to the Future program.
Recognizing that many current officers and staff are preparing to retire, the
Brotherhood’s plan is to prepare a new generation of members for possible
future leadership roles, and to further train current officers.
Sitting left to right, Luis Luna, Efrain Rodriquez and Keith Mays. Standing
left to right, Allied Federation Vice Chairman Pete Amaro, Local Lodge 366
Secretary-Treasurer Joe Munoz, General Chairman Dennis Albers and
Local Lodge 366 President Raymond Orosco.
January, 2012, Advanced Officer Educational Program class participants.
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TIPS TO HELP KEEP YOUR HEALTH ON TRACK!
Diabetes Awareness
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is defined as a disease
characterized by high blood glucose levels that result from the
body’s inability to produce and/or
use insulin. Because the associated
symptoms seem harmless, diabetes often goes undiagnosed and,
therefore, untreated. The statistics
of this disease are alarming; almost
26 million Americans have diabetes, another 79 million have prediabetes and 7 million more are
undiagnosed. It is estimated that by
the year 2050, 1 in 3 American
adults will have diabetes unless
serious steps are taken to stop or
prevent it.1
What are the types of diabetes?
There are three types of diabetes:
• Type 1: Known as juvenile
diabetes, it is usually diagnosed in
young adults and children and
accounts for about 5% of all diabetics. Insulin therapy is needed
because the body does not produce
insulin.1
• Type 2: Known as adult onset
diabetes, it is the most common
form of the disease. More than 90%
of all diabetics have Type 2. Type 2
diabetics can produce insulin but
either the pancreas is not produc-
GLAUCOMA AWARENESS
Tips to Help Keep
Your Health On Track!
Glaucoma is the second leading
cause of blindness in the U.S. and the
third leading cause worldwide. It affects
more than 3 million people in the U.S.
alone. Glaucoma is called “the sneak
thief of sight” because usually no
symptoms are apparent and once the
vision is gone, the loss is permanent. A
person with undiagnosed glaucoma can
lose up to 40% of their vision without
even realizing it.1
What is glaucoma?
Glaucoma is categorized as an eye
disease that gradually takes an individuals eye sight without warning. While it
can affect people of any age, the most
common form of glaucoma mainly
affects middle-aged and elderly people.
For most glaucoma patients, damage to
the optic nerve is what causes the loss of
vision. The optic nerve acts similar to an
electric cable, containing over a million
wires, and is responsible for transporting
images from the eye to the brain.
Unfortunately, there is currently no cure
for glaucoma but medication and/or
ing enough insulin or the body
cannot use the insulin adequately.1
• Gestational: This type of diabetes occurs in pregnant women who
did not have diabetes prior to their
pregnancy. It develops in women who
experience high blood glucose levels
later in their pregnancy.1
What are the symptoms of diabetes?
Diabetes often goes undiagnosed because many of the symptoms seem harmless or go unnoticed. Learning the symptoms of
diabetes is important as early
detection can decrease the chance
of developing more serious complications from this disease.1
Type 1 Diabetes
• Frequent urination
• Unusual thirst
• Extreme hunger
• Unusual weight loss
• Extreme fatigue and irritability
• Recurring skin, gum, or
bladder infections
• Tingling/numbness in
hands/feet
Who is at greatest risk for Type 2
diabetes?
Certain individuals are at a
greater risk than others for developing Type 2 diabetes. Those
individuals are:1
• People who are overweight
• People with a low HDL cholesterol level
• People over age 45
• People with a high triglycerides level
• People with a family history of
diabetes
• People with impaired glucose
tolerance
• People who do not exercise
regularly
• People with high blood
pressure
• People of certain racial/ethnic
groups
• Women who had gestational
diabetes or had a baby weighing
9 + pounds at birth
Type 2 Diabetes
• Any of the Type 1 symptoms
• Frequent infections
• Blurred vision
• Cuts/bruises that are slow to
heal
What are the health risk factors for
those with diabetes?
Unfortunately, diabetes increases your risk for other serious
health issues. Diabetes is the
leading cause of kidney failure and
of new cases of blindness among
adults. Even more alarming, two
out of three people with diabetes
will die from heart disease or
surgery can slow down or prevent further
loss of vision.1
to and have checked out by an eye
physician should any of these occur:1
What are the types of glaucoma?
There are two main types of glaucoma:
• Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
(POAG) – This is the most common form
of glaucoma and is the result of optic
nerve damage which progresses over
time. A loss of optic nerve fibers is typical
and, generally, there is no pain associated with the increase in eye pressure.
The loss in vision usually begins with
peripheral or side vision; without being
aware, an individual starts turning their
head to the side to compensate.1
• Angle-Closure Glaucoma – Less
than 10% of the glaucoma cases in the
U.S. are due to this type which is caused
by a sudden increase in pressure inside
the eye and the results are very serious.
Immediate treatment is necessary to
prevent optic nerve damage or vision
loss.1
What are the symptoms of glaucoma?
Most individuals with glaucoma have
no symptoms and it is only discovered
once a significant amount of vision loss
has occurred. There are, however, a few
things we should all pay close attention
• Any loss of vision
• Haloes
• Unexplained eye pain
• Blurred vision
• Unusual or unexpected eye redness
What are the risk factors associated with
glaucoma?
Glaucoma can affect anyone;
however, certain individuals are at a
greater risk than others for developing it.1
• People with a family history of
glaucoma
• People with uncontrolled high
blood pressure
• People middle-aged and the elderly
• People who are severely nearsighted or farsighted
• People with diabetes
• People with high blood pressure
• People of certain ethnic groups
What can I expect if I am tested for
glaucoma?
During an eye examination to ruleout glaucoma, the following is what you
can usually expect your eye physician to
perform:1
stroke. The good news, however, is
that many individuals with diabetes
can prevent or delay the onset of
the complications of this disease
with proper treatment and recommended lifestyle changes. Some of
the more serious health risks are:1
• Eye issues like glaucoma and
cataracts
• Foot problems like poor blood
flow & numbness
• Skin complications like fungal
infections or itching
• Heart related issues like heart
disease and stroke
• High blood pressure which
increases risk for heart attack,
stroke, eye issues & kidney disease
• Mental health issues like
anger/denial/depression
• Hearing loss
When to contact your doctor?
While diabetes is a common
disease, it is important that families
learn about the medical therapies
and lifestyle choices important in
the treatment of this disease. If you
have any symptoms of diabetes,
contact your doctor immediately to
ensure that you have no serious
health problem.1
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www.diabetes.org
This information is intended as informational
only; not as a replacement for the medical advice
of your physician.
• Your central vision will be checked
using an eye chart.
• The front of your eyes will be
checked using a special microscope
called a slit lamp.
• The pressure inside the eyes is
checked with an instrument called a
tonometer.
• The optic nerves are examined for
any damage
• Your pupils may be dilated to
ensure that the optic nerves have been
thoroughly examined.
• Your peripheral vision may be
checked using an automated visual field
machine.
When to contact your doctor?
Due to the lack of symptoms associated with glaucoma, regular annual eye
examinations are extremely important.
However, if you suspect you may have
glaucoma or you are at high risk, contact
your eye physician immediately. It is
important to understand that if you
already have one eye with glaucoma, the
other eye is at an increased risk of future
damage.1
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This information is intended as informational only;
not as a replacement for the medical advice of your
physician.
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Railroad Retirement and Unemployment
Insurance Taxes in 2012
The amounts of compensation subject to railroad retirement tier I and
tier II payroll taxes will increase in 2012. The tier I and tier II tax rates will
remain the same on railroad employers. Railroad employees will see their
effective tier I rate increase from 5.65 percent to 7.65 percent, while their
tier II rate will remain the same. Railroad unemployment insurance tax
rates paid by employers will include a 1.5 percent surcharge in 2012.
Tier I and Medicare Tax—The railroad retirement tier I payroll tax rate
on covered rail employers for the year 2012 remains at 7.65 percent.
However, railroad employees will see their effective tier I rate increase from
5.65 percent to 7.65 percent. Legislation enacted in 2010 provided for a
temporary reduction of 2 percentage points in the social security payroll
tax paid by employees, but that is currently scheduled to expire at the end
of 2011. The railroad retirement tier I tax rate is the same as the social
security tax, and for withholding and reporting purposes is divided into
6.20 percent for retirement and 1.45 percent for Medicare hospital insurance. The maximum amount of an employee’s earnings subject to the 6.20
percent rate increases from $106,800 to $110,100 in 2012 but there is no
maximum on earnings subject to the 1.45 percent Medicare rate.
Tier II Tax—The railroad retirement tier II tax rate on employees will
remain at 3.9 percent in 2012, and the rate on employers will stay at 12.1
percent. The maximum amount of earnings subject to railroad retirement
tier II taxes will increase from $79,200 to $81,900 in 2012. Tier II tax rates
under the 2001 Railroad Retirement and Survivors’ Improvement Act are
based on an average account benefits ratio reflecting railroad retirement
fund levels. Depending on this ratio, the tier II tax rate for employees can
be between 0 percent and 4.9 percent, while the tier II rate for employers
can range between 8.2 percent and 22.1 percent.
Unemployment Insurance Tax—Employers, but not employees, also
pay railroad unemployment insurance taxes, which are experience-rated by
employer. The basic tax rates range from a minimum of 0.65 percent to a
maximum of 12 percent on monthly compensation up to $1,365 in 2012, an
increase from $1,330 in 2011. However, the Railroad Unemployment
Insurance Act also provides for a surcharge in the event the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Account balance falls below an indexed threshold amount. A surcharge of 2.5 percent applied in 2011. The accrual balance of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account was almost $66.2
million on June 30, 2011. Because the balance was less than the indexed
threshold of $130.2 million, a 1.5 percent surcharge is added to the basic
tax rates for 2012, but will not increase the maximum 12 percent rate. A
surcharge of 1.5 percent also applied in 2004-2010.
The unemployment insurance tax rates on railroad employers in 2012
therefore will range from 2.15 percent (the minimum basic rate of 0.65
percent plus the 1.5 percent surcharge) to a maximum of 12 percent on
monthly compensation up to $1,365.
The 1.5 percent surcharge will not apply to new employers in 2012.
During the year, new employers will pay an initial tax rate of 2.65 percent,
which represents the average rate paid by all employers in the period 20082010.
For 69 percent of covered employers, the unemployment insurance
rate assessed in 2012 will be the minimum 2.15 percent, while 13 percent
of employers will pay the maximum of 12 percent.
Scholarship
change.”
President Simpson said that he was proud to congratulate the recipients of the BMWED Scholarship Award. In a letter to each of the winners
President Simpson wrote, “Your active participation in our union and your
recognition of the role of Organized Labor as a voice for working families
and a bellwether of the middle class is a tribute to your upbringing and
your convictions. The BMWED has had a long history of helping its members achieve the American dream, and we are particularly proud to be able
to assist you and your family with this scholarship award. On behalf of the
officers and members of the BMWED, please accept our sincere congratulations and best wishes for your continued academic success and all your
future endeavors.”
The BMWED Scholarship Award was originally established by action
of the 2002 Grand Lodge Convention. The program has awarded one
Samuel J. Alexander Elected General Chairman
Vice Chairman Sam Alexander was
recently elected to head the Southern System Division and took over the reins effective
January 1, 2012.
Brother Alexander began his railroad
career as a Bridge and Building Apprentice
with the Southern Railroad. He started work
on November 6, 1979 at Sheffield, Alabama
near his home in Russellville. He also attained seniority in every position within the
B&B Department.
As a member of Local Lodge 2838,
headquartered in Corinth, Mississippi, he
was elected to serve as Local Chairman in
1985. He held that position until 1990 when
he was selected to serve as Assistant to the
General Chairman. He was elected to the
position of Assistant General Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer in 1991. In
1995 he was elected to serve as Vice Chairman and held that position until
his recent election to the General Chairman position. He also served a
recent term as the Tennessee State Legislative Director for the BMWED.
When the System office was moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, Brother
Alexander subsequently move to the Knoxville area and also moved his
membership to Local Lodge 567, headquartered in Knoxville.
“I extend my congratulations to Sam on his recent elevation to the
office of General Chairman, and wish him well in that position,” said
National Division President Freddie Simpson. “I also extend my congratulations to Brothers Sellers and Hood on their recent elections as well.”
Brother Alexander, his wife Terri, and their two daughters Rebekkah
and Emili, will continue to live in Knoxville where he can be near the
System office.
TOM ARCH DENTON
The BMWED
is sad to announce the
death of Brother
Tom Denton
who passed
away December
26, 2011, at the age of 82.
Brother Denton was born
January 27, 1929 in Wood, North
Carolina where he spent his childhood. After serving his country in
the United States Air Force from
1948 to 1950, Brother Denton met
and married his wife, Donnie Ray in
1951. They settled in Rocky Mount,
North Carolina, where he started
his career with the Atlantic Coastline Railroad, now CSX.
In 1970 he was elected to serve
the former Atlantic Coastline
Federation as Vice Chairman. Later
he was elected to serve as General
Chairman and held that position
until his retirement in 1989. Brother
Denton was a lifetime member of
the BMWED.
Brother Denton is survived by
his wife, Donnie Qualls Denton,
their three children, Tommy, Joie
Byrne and Valerie Bunn, his 10
grandchildren and, 2 greatgrandsons.
$1,500.00 scholarship annually to a BMWED member or dependent since
2002. However, by action of the First Regular National Division Convention
held the week of June 19, 2006, BMWED delegates revised the annual
scholarship award by increasing the number of BMWED scholarships from
one to two, and by increasing each annual scholarship to $2,000.00.
The eligibility criteria, application procedures, and award selection
criteria for the BMWED Scholarship is published each summer in the
BMWED Journal and posted on our website at www.bmwe.org. All members and eligible dependents are encouraged to apply for next year’s 2012
BMWED Scholarship.
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EXTREME DANGER POSED BY UNSECURED BRIDGE WALKWAYS
Two BMWED Bridge Workers Killed in Separate Accidents
Two BMWED members tragically lost their lives in separate
railroad bridge accidents while
performing maintenance work on
railroad bridges. These tragic
accidents occurred approximately
four months apart under eerily
similar circumstances involving
unsecured walkways on bridges.
Out of respect for the families and
coworkers of our fallen Brothers,
we have withheld the names of the
deceased.
On September 19, 2011, a
BMWED bridge worker employed
by CSX Transportation fell from the
Susquehanna River Bridge in Havre
de Grace, MD. The deceased
Brother was 58 years old and had
38 years of seniority. He was a
member of a bridge crew engaged
in the replacement of bridge ties on
the elevated structure. Although
there were no eye witnesses to the
actual fall, FRA’s preliminary
investigation suggests that the
fatality occurred when the employee stepped on an unsupported
end of an unsecured, 85-inch long
section of steel walkway grating.
On January 25, 2012, another
longtime member of the BMWED
employed by the Terminal Railroad
Association of St. Louis lost his life
in a similar bridge accident. While
this accident is also under investigation by FRA, our own sources
indicate that once again an unsecured, unsupported, short piece of
steel walkway grating is implicated
in this tragedy. The bridge crew
was engaged in replacement of
bridge ties on the elevated structure when the deceased apparently
stepped on an unsecured piece of
walkway grating and fell from the
structure.
Similar fatalities involving
unsecured walkways on bridges
occurred on August 25, 2008, and
May 20, 2011. The August 2008
fatality occurred on Norfolk
Southern Railway on the Vermillion
River railroad bridge. The May 2011
fatality occurred on a Canadian
National Railway bridge in
Minooka, IL.
Following the September 19,
2011, fatality in Maryland, FRA
issued Safety Advisory 2011-03 to
highlight the extreme dangers
posed by unsecured sections of
walkway and platform grating. The
FRA Safety Advisory has been
posted on the BMWE website and
can be viewed on-line at http://
www.bmwed.org/news/2011/
BridgeWorkerSA_12022011.pdf.
While BMWED is not responsible
for the content or commentary of
the Safety Advisory, we strongly
encourage every member to review
Death Benefit
Qualification Reminder
LOCAL LODGES SEND US YOUR PICTURES
If your local lodge has a special event that you would like covered, or you would just like
to see your local lodge members in the Journal, send us a picture with a brief description of
the meeting or event. The details should include your name, telephone number, local lodge
number and system division/federation. The picture – along with the details – may be sent by
e-mail or U.S. mail to the following addresses:
[email protected] or
BMWED Journal, c/o Randall Brassell
242 West Main Street, #394
DEATH BENEFIT DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF DEATH BENEFIT CLAIMS PAID DURING NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 2011
NAME
JAMES A. BROWNING
JAMES A. DEMPSEY
WARREN C. FRITZ
JACOB P. KUNTZ
LESTER L. LEE
JAMES E. RAINER
MARSHALL K. SMITH
ROBERT STOWERS
JOHN E. STUMPF
GEORGE EARD
CITY/STATE
SOPHIA, WV
MARION, KY
TAMAQUA, PA
GREAT FALLS, MT
TINA, MO
CHUNKY, MS
ONTARIO, OR
COLOMA, MI
GLEN BURNIE, MD
MOORHEAD, MN
LODGE/SYSTEM/RR
0075
AF/LIFE
1210
ICGF/LIFE
1923
CRSF/LIFE
0303
BURNOR/LIFE
2621
BURL/LIFE
0652
ICGF/LIFE
1381
USD/LIFE
0583
AF/LIFE
0695
AF/LIFE
0249
BURNOR/LIFE
D.O.D.
07/25/11
10/01/11
12/02/11
10/22/11
09/05/11
09/20/11
10/01/11
01/17/10
10/23/11
06/13/11
PAID NOVEMBER 1, 2011 TO DECEMBER 31, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
5,000.00
AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY PAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,377,307.75
TOTAL AMOUNT PAID TO DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,382,307.75
NUMBER OF CLAIMS PAID – 10
REPORT OF DEATH NOTICES RECEIVED DURING NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2011
MICHAEL D. QUAIL
FRED J. SAMMONS
BRENT SNOW
NEWARK, NJ
FLATWOODS, KY
DOBSON, NC
3005
1509
0537
PENN/NRPC
AF/CSXT
SOU/NS
it and heighten their awareness of
the extreme dangers posed by
unsecured walkways on railroad
bridges.
Tragically, another BMWED
member was fatally injured on
January 9, 2012 in a non-bridge
related accident near Amarillo, TX. In
that accident, the member was struck
and killed by a Loram rail grinding
train. The deceased was employed as
a welder on the Burlington Northern
Santa Fe Railway and had over 30
years of service.
“I am deeply saddened and
heartbroken by this tragic loss of
life. Losing one member is unbearable, but losing 3 members in less
than 4 months is incomprehensible.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to
the families, friends, and coworkers
of our fallen Brothers at this most
difficult time,” said President
Simpson.
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11/04/11
12/26/10
Article XVII, Section 13, of the
National Division Constitution and
Bylaws provides that “Only those
members of the Brotherhood
whose joining date and whose
last rejoining date, if any, prior to
death pursuant to Article XIX,
Section 5, 5(a) and 5(b) are each
prior to January 1, 1963, shall be
eligible to receive death benefits.
Death benefits are payable solely
to eligible members and are
payable solely for, and solely in
consideration of continuous
promptness in payment of the
required regular union dues and
assessments which must be paid
in any event for the maintenance
of union membership.”
Often times the death benefit
is thought of, or confused with, a
life insurance policy which it is
not. It is a benefit afforded to
those members that joined or
rejoined prior to January 1, 1963
and who pay dues continuously
and timely until they have
achieved fifty years of service, or
until their death.
All inquiries or claims should
be made at the National Division
Headquarters address listed
below:
BMWED DEATH BENEFIT
DEPARTMENT
Southfield, Michigan 48076-4169
Telephone (248) 948-1010
Extension 636
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FUTURE OF HIGH SPEED RAIL IN THE U.S.
BMWED Legislative Issues – 112th Congress
Director of Government Affairs
Charlie Hogue
In 2008, California voters
authorized a $9.95 billion bond
measure as a down-payment for a
high-speed rail project linking
Sacramento (in northern California)
with Los Angeles and San Diego.
The projected $98 billion route
subsequently won $3.3 billion in
federal grants.
But with California in the midst
of a severe budget shortfall, voter
opinion has turned negative. A
recent public opinion poll found
that 64 percent of registered California voters (73 percent of Republicans and 49 percent of Democrats)
would reject the project if given a
second chance to vote on it—most
citing the escalating costs and longterm completion date.
But don’t assume the California
project—or, for that matter, other
high-speed rail projects—are down
for the count. While the dramatic
increase in cost has imposed
sticker-shock on Californians, and
while Congress has cut-off further
federal funding for this and other
high-speed rail projects, California
Gov. Jerry Brown remains an
ardent cheerleader, observing:
“California’s high-speed rail project
will create hundreds of thousands
of jobs, linking California’s population centers and avoiding the huge
problems of massive airport and
highway expansion.”
Former Chairman of the House
Transportation & Infrastructure
Committee, James Oberstar, who is
still quite active politically, told The
Washington Post: “The financial
uncertainties facing California’s
high-speed rail project should not
be read as an indictment of such
rail development in America. Highspeed, inter-city passenger rail can
be successful, even profitable—as
proven in France. The French
national passenger rail system,
wrote a check for $299 million to
the national government just
before Christmas, and has returned
$780 million to the government
over the last five years. Massive
congestion is choking our major
metropolitan areas, costing Americans $110 billion a year in lost
productivity and wasted fuel. We
must invest in a passenger rail
alternative. The longer we wait, the
less livable our cities will become
and the more expensive the alternatives will be. The French have
proven that the concept can succeed. We should follow their lead
and not give up on inter-city passenger rail.”
Moreover, the New York Times
observed: “For many Californians,
struggling through a bleak era that
has led some people to wonder if
the state’s golden days are behind
it, this project goes to the heart of
the state’s pioneering spirit, recalling grand public investments in
universities, water systems, roads
and parks that once defined California as the leading edge of the
nation.”
Your BMWED National Legislative Office is extremely active in
educating members of the U.S.
Congress to the long-term benefits
of high-speed rail investment. As a
comparison, we are reminding our
lawmakers that the construction of
America’s Interstate Highway
system began slowly and had to
overcome substantial initial opposition. While legislation to begin
construction of Interstate Highways
was passed by Congress in 1956, it
was the culmination of twodecades of effort—with President
Roosevelt acting as the catalyst. As
one historian recounted, “The plan
had to be sold and sold again,
culminating with President
Eisenhower providing the final
push – convincing Congress that a
$50 billion investment ($421 billion
in 2011 dollars) was absolutely
essential to ensure American
mobility in the future.”
Similarly, both President
Obama and Vice President Biden
are seeking to be the catalysts for
nationwide high-speed passenger
rail service.
It was a contentious and
lengthy endeavor with severe
opposition in achieving the funding
and construction of our national
Interstate Highways. Vision and
persistent commitment achieved
the goal of building Interstate
Highways. The same patience and
persistence will be required to
achieve the 21st century goal of
President Obama and Vice President Biden for a nationwide 17,000-
mile network of high-speed and
higher-speed trains to provide 80
percent of the American population
access to train travel by 2036. The
thought of our tax dollars being
used to create tens of thousands of
jobs as well as services to the
American people sounds pretty
good to me.
Tentative Deal Reached on FAA
Bill’s National Mediation Board
Language
The leadership of the U.S.
House and U.S. Senate have
reportedly reached an agreement
on National Mediation Board union
language that has delayed a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, which could result
in the passage of a long-term FAA
bill by the time you read this article.
HR 658, the bill that would
reauthorize funding of the FAA has
been held up by the US Senate for
months over the language in the
U.S. House-passed bill that would
nullify a recent rule change made
by the National Mediation Board.
The NMB rule change in 2010
allows a union to be certified, or
not certified in a more democratic
process by counting only votes cast
by members of a bargaining unit as
actual yeas and nays rather than
counting members not voting as
nays.
The current deal, reportedly
struck the afternoon of January
20th, 2012, by U.S. House Speaker
John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, and U.S.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,
D-Nevada, would keep the NMB’s
rule change intact, but would raise
the threshold needed to be reached
before an election to certify a union
could be conducted. Presently, in
order to petition the NMB to conduct a union certification election,
there has to be 35 per cent of the
total members in the bargaining
unit show interest, (signing authorization or “A” cards). This proposed
legislation would raise that threshold to 50 per cent of the members.
In addition, this proposed
legislation would require public
hearings for all substantive NMB
rulemakings as well as requiring
the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) to audit the NMB
every 2 years to monitor its efficiency and effectiveness-including
the process by which a union is
certified.
Obviously this is important to
us because both the airline labor
organizations and railroad labor
organizations are subject to the
Railway Labor Act wherein the
National Mediation Board is utilized
to resolve labor disputes in a fair
and impartial manner. In my
opinion, this proposed legislation
weakens that process and certainly
will require that we work harder
and more intelligently as members
of the BMWED along with any
future organizing campaigns. We
will oppose this “attack” on the
NMB and subsequently the Railway
Labor Act and will keep you apprised of the outcome.
State Issues
State Legislatures
As the New Year began,
BMWED State Legislative Directors
returned to their respective State
Congressional Houses faced with
aggressive anti-Labor legislation
being proposed in many of those
states. Although concentrated
primarily throughout the Midwest,
Florida and Virginia recently joined
in these attacks on Labor. The three
(3) most egregious anti-labor
legislations include amending
Project Labor Agreements, Pay
Check “Deception” and the
mislabeled Right-To-Work (RTW).
Project Labor Agreements
(PLAs) mandate the percentage of
work performed by Labor Unions
on pubic construction projects such
as schools and municipal buildings
where tax monies are used to fund
the project. Additionally, Common
Construction Wage Laws are tied to
PLAs. The idea is that when tax
dollars are used to fund a project
the public has a vested interest.
The work should be performed with
skillful craftsmanship. Building
Trades Unions are where you will
find the most skillful and experienced craftsmen and women. It has
been proven time and time again
“union workers get the job done
right on time the first time!”
Amending current PLA law will
only drive down wages.
The core of the Check Deception law as proposed prohibits
employers from deducting union
dues from an employee’s check
(Dues Check Off), the current
system used by BMWED employers. In addition the law allows an
employer to charge an employee a
set fee for reissuing a lost or
destroyed pay check (usually set at
$25.00). Also buried in pay check
deception Laws are provisions
allowing employers to charge
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employees user fees for tools
used by the employee in
performing their work. In
other words, employers
would not be able to deduct
union dues from an
employee’s check but an
employee could be charged
for the use of a spike maul,
claw bar, track jack, etc. The
employer would deduct these
charges directly out of your
check.
The most deliberate and
perhaps vicious attack on
workers is the more appropriately
named “Right-to-Work For Less”.
RTW allows a union member to opt
out of the membership which
Federal Law already addresses.
Under the RTW law, wages and
benefits negotiated for, the grievance and claim process, as well as
representation in the event of a
discipline hearing, remain a requirement of the union. RTW Laws
require the union to provide these
protections and benefits without an
offset of fees. In other words
“freeloaders” receive the same
protection and benefits as members in good standing do without
paying for the service. Supporters
for RTW declare that employees
should be able to enjoy union
Indiana Labor protest signing of right-to-work legislation in Indiana.
benefits without participating in
achieving those associated benefits. Opponents feel that the
decision to participate in a union
should be made prior to accepting
a position with a company that has
union representation in place. Keep
in mind that statistics show six (6)
out of the ten (10) states with the
lowest wages are right to work
states. States with RTW on the
books have significantly lower
workplace safety protections. RTW
is a tool used by the Chamber of
Commerce and other such organizations to drive everyone’s wages
down.
Among all unions who oppose
RTW, the NFL Players Association
has come out strongly opposing
RTW legislation on the Eve of the
Super Bowl.
BMWED Virginia State Legislative Director Greg Marston and
BMWED Tennessee State Legislative
Director Jeff Joins have both
introduced Railroad Crossing
legislation in their respective states.
This legislation requires vehicle
traffic to yield to railroad track
equipment approaching a railroad
grade crossing as they would a
train. This legislation provides a
layer of protection for Maintenance
of Way workers without exempting
workers from complying with
company safety and operating rules.
This same legislation has previously
been enacted in Montana, Indiana,
Illinois and Wisconsin.
Regional Coordinator and
Kentucky State Legislative
Director Mark McCarty has
introduced legislation in
Kentucky that would create a
Rail Transit Advisory Board
which will study and make
recommendations regarding
High Speed Rail within the
state’s connecting proposed
lines.
Members working for
Norfolk Southern should be
aware that the Federal
Railroad Administration’s
(FRA) Final Rule regulating
camp cars went into effect
January 1, 2012. The new regulations maintained all of the provisions previously gained in Indiana
and Illinois. Additionally, The
BMWED was able to garner supplementary regulations restricting
campsite locations near grade
crossings, hump yards and where
hazardous cars are switched.
Scheduled water testing and carrier
provided bed linen/bath towel
provisions were also obtained.
As state legislatures progress
through their respective legislative
sessions, labor unions are at the
state houses fighting for members’
rights and the rights of all working
families. Your BMWED is leading
this nationwide fight!
Volunteer State Community College Invites BMWED to Speak
The BMWED was recently
invited by Bob Jankiewicz, who
serves as Director of the Business
and Industry Institute for Volunteer
State Community College, to
address the Human Resources
class he teaches at the College. The
BMWED, always happy to talk
about labor’s history and struggles,
gladly accepted the invitation.
On November 22, 2011,
BMWED General Counsel Bill Bon
addressed both the Human Resources class, and a visiting class
studying to become paralegals. Mr.
Bon’s presentation provided the
class with a perspective on what
unions have meant to working men
and women throughout history,
and the benefits derived from being
a union member.
Bill Bon is frequently called
upon for training purposes, and has
been doing the BMWED officer
training on both the Railway Labor
Act, and Labor Economics at the
college. His presentation to the
Volunteer State students was well
received and was followed by a
question and answer session.
The BMWED looks for every
opportunity to share in educating
young people about the union’s
story. Unfortunately, this was a rare
opportunity, but illustrates Volunteer State’s commitment to providing a well rounded, and complete
perspective on the subject to their
students.
The invitation to speak to the
students is an extension of the close
ties the BMWED has built with the
WE WANT TO
If you have a special hobby or
talent, hold public office, or have a
story you would like to share, we
would like to hear from you. Share
your story with our BMWED Brothers and Sisters in the BMWED
Journal.
HEAR FROM
YOU
Bob Jankiewicz (seated) and Bill Bon (standing), with students.
college. The BMWED has worked
closely with Bob Jankiewicz, and the
Volunteer State staff, to build a twoweek training program that mixes
trainers provided by Volunteer State,
Please send us your pictures and
brief details along with a name,
address and telephone number.
You may email, or send by U.S.
Mail to:
with trainers and speakers brought in
by the BMWED. More than 70 BMWED
participants have successfully completed the course. The next training
session will begin in July, 2012.
[email protected]
Or,
BMWED Journal
c/o Randall Brassell
242 West Main Street #394
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Valentine “Val” K. Sikowski Actively Retired
Although Brother Sikowski
retired more than a quarter of a
century ago, he never really quit
working. His love for wood working
and his many other activities have
kept him busy.
Brother Sikowski recently
finished a project so unique that it
has to be shared. He used his
ample carpentry skills to make and
finish a team of Clydesdale horses,
and a buckboard. He made it
completely from scratch out of
butternut wood.
Wood working is not new to the
former Bridge and Building Foreman. After retirement he began
making items for his wife Ileen’s
gift shop. His wife Ileen has passed
away and he spends much of his
time helping out in his son Aaron’s
cabinetry shop. He has made round
top steamer trunks, lawn furniture,
and rocking horses, but his current
projects include rocking chairs for
his future great-grandchildren.
Brother Sikowski started work
on the Milwaukee Road in 1947,
Clydesdale Team and buckboard.
and worked in the Bridge and
Building Department until his
retirement in 1986. He was a
member of the former Midwest
System Federation Local Lodge
331, and has received the
Brotherhood’s 50-year merit award.
Brother Sikowski lives in Crivitz,
Wisconsin, and recently celebrated
his 85th birthday. He enjoys spending time with his three children,
Aaron, Desiree, and Tina, and his
five grandchildren, as well as
gardening, and participating in his
many interests and charities.
LOCAL LODGES
Please notify the BMWED National Division of the passing of
any retired BMWED member.
Call (248) 948-1010, extension 636.
Aaron, Desiree, Val, and Tina Sikowski
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Southfield, Michigan
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