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Letter from General Chairman John Reynolds on the status of our contract negotiations
KAUKAUNA, WI., June 12--General Chairman John Reynolds as issued a letter to the membership on the current status of our contract
negotiations. (CLICK HERE) (pdf)
KAUKAUNA, WI., June 12--General Chairman John Reynolds as issued a letter to the membership on the current status of our contract
negotiations. (CLICK HERE) (pdf)
BLET among those seeking clarification of new DOT drug testing requirements
CLEVELAND, July 16, from the BLET Web Site—Over the past two weeks, the National Division and the National Legislative Office have
received numerous inquiries concerning a Final Rule published by the Office of the Secretary of Transportation on June 25, and
scheduled to become effective on August 25. The new Final Rule amends certain portions of DOT’s Procedures for Transportation
Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs published at 49 CFR Part 40.
Of particular concern is new Section 40.67(b), which would require that railroads — among others — “must direct a [urine] collection
under direct observation of an employee if the drug test is a return-to-duty test or a follow-up test.” The new direct observation standard
set forth at Section 40.67(i) requires railroads to “request the employee to raise his or her shirt, blouse, or dress/skirt, as appropriate,
above the waist; and lower clothing and underpants to show …, by turning around, that they do not have a prosthetic device [that could
be used to deliver a substituted urine specimen].” After the railroad has “determined that the employee does not have such a device, [it]
may permit the employee to return clothing to its proper position for observed urination.”
It is the position of the BLET that the “return-to-duty” and “follow-up” tests referenced in the Final Rule are limited to those that are
required subsequent to either a positive or an invalid drug test. However, the Final Rule is less than clear in identifying that these are
the only tests to which the new requirements apply.
“The possibility that a BLET member who has a clean drug testing record could potentially be exposed to an outrageous violation of his
or her privacy is intolerable,” BLET National President Ed Rodzwicz said. “We have been in consultation with other affected Labor
Organizations, federal officials, and other interested parties, and we intend to have this question clarified long before the Final Rule
takes effect. We also are reviewing the Final Rule in its entirety and considering what other options may be available to us.”
Additional information concerning this critical issue will be provided as it becomes available.
CLEVELAND, July 16, from the BLET Web Site—Over the past two weeks, the National Division and the National Legislative Office have
received numerous inquiries concerning a Final Rule published by the Office of the Secretary of Transportation on June 25, and
scheduled to become effective on August 25. The new Final Rule amends certain portions of DOT’s Procedures for Transportation
Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs published at 49 CFR Part 40.
Of particular concern is new Section 40.67(b), which would require that railroads — among others — “must direct a [urine] collection
under direct observation of an employee if the drug test is a return-to-duty test or a follow-up test.” The new direct observation standard
set forth at Section 40.67(i) requires railroads to “request the employee to raise his or her shirt, blouse, or dress/skirt, as appropriate,
above the waist; and lower clothing and underpants to show …, by turning around, that they do not have a prosthetic device [that could
be used to deliver a substituted urine specimen].” After the railroad has “determined that the employee does not have such a device, [it]
may permit the employee to return clothing to its proper position for observed urination.”
It is the position of the BLET that the “return-to-duty” and “follow-up” tests referenced in the Final Rule are limited to those that are
required subsequent to either a positive or an invalid drug test. However, the Final Rule is less than clear in identifying that these are
the only tests to which the new requirements apply.
“The possibility that a BLET member who has a clean drug testing record could potentially be exposed to an outrageous violation of his
or her privacy is intolerable,” BLET National President Ed Rodzwicz said. “We have been in consultation with other affected Labor
Organizations, federal officials, and other interested parties, and we intend to have this question clarified long before the Final Rule
takes effect. We also are reviewing the Final Rule in its entirety and considering what other options may be available to us.”
Additional information concerning this critical issue will be provided as it becomes available.
CN says it's not tied to Chicago deal
TORONTO, From Tuesday's Globe and Mail, July 21, 2008--Canadian National Railway Co. warned Monday that it's willing to abandon
plans to acquire a Chicago-area rail carrier if too many strings are attached to the purchase. “Would we ever walk? Absolutely. I mean,
we're good business people,” Mr. Harrison said Monday.
TORONTO, From Tuesday's Globe and Mail, July 21, 2008--Canadian National Railway Co. warned Monday that it's willing to abandon
plans to acquire a Chicago-area rail carrier if too many strings are attached to the purchase. “Would we ever walk? Absolutely. I mean,
we're good business people,” Mr. Harrison said Monday.
CN earnings down 11 percent
MONTREAL, July 22, from the BL&T Web Page — Canadian National Railway Co. hopes to pick up steam in the latter half of the year,
despite turning in an 11-per-cent drop in its second-quarter earnings yesterday. The country's largest railway said its profit during the
quarter was bogged down by a strong loonie eroding the value of its U.S.-based revenue, a continued decline in the forestry and auto
sectors, and the rapid rise in the price of fuel.
MONTREAL, July 22, from the BL&T Web Page — Canadian National Railway Co. hopes to pick up steam in the latter half of the year,
despite turning in an 11-per-cent drop in its second-quarter earnings yesterday. The country's largest railway said its profit during the
quarter was bogged down by a strong loonie eroding the value of its U.S.-based revenue, a continued decline in the forestry and auto
sectors, and the rapid rise in the price of fuel.