Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

A major focus for the blet in 2023 was securing paid sick leave agreements and quality of life improvements, building on gains made in the national agreement in 2022. More than 19,000 active members now have paid sick leave for the first time ever. The blet also negotiated eight new collective bargaining agreements that were ratified in 2023. These newly approved agreements provide substantial wage increases and contractual improvements for more than 2,000 members. The largest agreement governs Locomotive Engineers at amtrak. Additional contracts were ratified in 2023 by members at the Illinois railway, union railroad, cp rail/soo line, springfield terminal, south buffalo railway, new england central and keolis rail services Virginia (vre).