US EditionTEAMSTERS LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS RATIFY CONTRACT WITH UNION PACIFIC
- Approximately 6,000 locomotive engineers at Union Pacific voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new five-year contract with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen .
- The agreement includes an 18.8 percent pay increase over five years and addresses quality-of-life issues like meal increases.
- The contract preserves the integrity of the 11/4 work-rest agreement and includes improved health benefits and vacation accrual policies.
- Since the beginning of the year, nearly 30,000 Teamsters railroaders have ratified new contracts, including over 12,600 at Union Pacific.
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BLET ratifies new five-year contract with Union Pacific
Union Pacific power leads a train through Blue Island, Ill., on CSX trackage on Aug. 7, 2025. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have ratified a new five-year agreement with UP. David Lassen INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have ratified a new five-year contract with Union Pacific by a wide margin, the union announced today. The agreement, which includes raises tota…
Union Pacific: BLET members ratify new contract that runs through 2029 | Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
BLET members today ratified a new on-property agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad, which covers rates of pay, work rules, and health & welfare benefits for nearly 6,000 members employed at UP. Members voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratification, with 2,467 voting in favor and only 527 voting against. “This agreement delivers much-needed pay increases and closes this round of bargaining without any concessions to work rules,” said Mark Wa…
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