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600 Blet Teamsters Ratify New Contracts
The agreements include an 18.8% compounded raise over five years for CPKC engineers and a 5% wage increase at SEPTA amid budget concerns, union officials said.
- The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced that hundreds of SEPTA and CPKC Soo Line workers ratified new agreements from Independence, Ohio, with no specific date provided.
- The Teamsters Rail Conference mounted months of fierce, coordinated advocacy aimed to stave off budget shortfalls at the Pennsylvania-based transit authority, setting the context for negotiations.
- On the CPKC Soo Line, 300 locomotive engineers secured compounded raises and stronger work rules under a five-year agreement, while at SEPTA, 300 workers ratified a one-year contract raising wages 5 percent.
- Members will receive wage increases and strengthened work rules, said Pete Semenek, BLET National Vice President, emphasizing the immediate impact of the ratified agreements at SEPTA and CPKC Soo Line.
- Jim Louis, BLET National Vice President, said `This contract ensures the hard work of SEPTA's BLET Teamsters does not go unrecognized as the agency looks ahead to the future`, highlighting the union's influence as a major labor actor with 1.3 million members.
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BLET locomotive engineers who operate regional rail trains for SEPTA have ratified a new one-year contract with the transit agency. Ballots were counted on December 11. The new agreement builds upon gains achieved in the previous round of negotiations and provides a general wage increase of five percent, which will become effective on July 5, 2026. The negotiating team consisted of General Chairman Don Hill, First Vice Chairman Maurice Landon, a…
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