BLET
DIVISION 333 NEXT MEETING |
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Tuesday, February 21st @ 7:00 pm
Amtrak Depot
730 Transfer Rd
St Paul,
MN
55114
map
Meetings are held every third Tuesday of the
month.
YOUR support is needed!!!
Your attendance is requested!!! |
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Become a BLET Division 333 member |
You can also contact
Secretary / Treasurer
Thomas Wolff
at (651) 271-5702
twolvz4@comcast.net
Tom can answer any questions you may
have and help you with the application process.
Welcome our newest members to the
333!!!
Connie Crumrine, Billy pape, Randy Kruckberg, deana Symons, tim rivard, dan
morisset, Chad fleming and Gary Rosenlund.
Division 333 Monthly Dues are as follows:
Licensed Member
(Working as Engineer or Trainman) - $117/month.
Licensed Member
(Working as Engineer or Trainman) with BLET Disability Insurance -
$140/month.
Non-Licensed Members (Trainman Only) - $99/month.
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Update from BLET Tax Compliance department
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Internal Revenue Service regulations require the BLET National
Division to inform its members that a certain portion of your
National Division dues are not tax deductible as a miscellaneous
itemized deduction on your personal tax returns.
If you are looking for a good tax preparer contact Peter Paszkiewicz. He has been preparing tax returns for many of us for 15 years that know of. He knows a lot about railroad deductions and he even comes to your house to prepare them. He is extremely busy this time of year so leave a voice message or e-mail him. He will send you a check list of the things he will need to prepare your taxes.
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Peter J. Paszkiewicz, EA
1718 Clinton Ave Apt 3
Minneapolis, MN 55404-1856 Phone: 612-871-7228
Fax: 612-871-1556
peterpaske@msn.com |
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AUTO SCANS
Many of you may have noticed a
deduction of points on your EQMS Score recently.
It is most likely because of an automatic
download exception. Please make yourself
familiar on what exceptions will automatically
flag your tapes.
Auto Scan Exceptions
Auto Scan Criteria
Please read Twin Cities latest
interpretation of rule
9.12.4 in yard limits in the South St.
Paul Terminal - Yardmaster Safety / Job Briefing
as of September 26, 2011.
Look under Prevention Tip of
the Week - Personal Injury
"Yard Limits is
not considered a joint authority as no train or
employee are identified to be joint with in the
limits. In yard limits at absolute stop
indications in ABS, movement must stop and then
pull past 100 feet and wait five minutes before
proceeding at restricted speed. Yardmaster
cannot talk you by a signal. They give
permission for routes, but movements must comply
with rules associated with the route. Rule
9.12.4"
Better stay tuned
for updates on this one... |
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Division
333 takes stand against total safety culture
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Total
Safety Culture is coming to the Twin Cities,
even though four transportation locals/divisions
in the Twin Cities Service Unit have voted
collectively not to participate. As we have seen
in other areas, union members are taking it upon
themselves to go against there own
locals/divisions wishes that we not participate
in TSC. It has been suggested that there are
union members already volunteering to be
facilitators and observers for TCS, in the Twin
Cities. In so many words we were told that TSC
is coming whether we want it or not.
Unfortunately, we cannot stop this part of the
process. For this reason we may not be able to
stop TSC from getting off the ground but, we can
stop its flight if we stay unified.
Remember, TSC is strictly voluntary. You heard it in class. You cannot be
observed unless you want to be observed. This is
a very important part of the process. If we stay
unified and respectfully deny “observers” the
permission to observe the process is over. No
observations, no data, no TSC.
Union Pacific’s St. Louis Service Unit Ignores
Principles of Safety Program
RUW - What Are Rail Unions Doing About "Blame
the Worker" Safety Programs?
Rail Unions Ignore Mountain of Evidence against
Behavior Based/Behavior Modification Safety
Programs
CONFRONTING BLAME!! Nancy Lessin - May
19, 2010.
THE TRUTH ABOUT UNION PACIFIC'S TOTAL SAFETY
CULTURE - by Jerry Schlichter
SAY
"NO" TO OBSERVATIONS -
SAY NO TO TSC !
Due to the
importance, and increasing information about
Total Safety Culture, the BLET Division 333 has
dedicated an entire webpage to the fight against
this behavioral based program. Click here..
Total
Safety Culture
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War on Workers Information |
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Get the latest updates in
the War on Workers
The International Brotherhood of
Teamsters are updating their "Teamster
Nation" blog each day with the latest
news regarding the War on Workers in
Wisconsin, Ohio, and across America.
For the latest news, please visit:
teamsternation.blogspot.com
Additional news, including a list of
rallies and other information, is
available at:
www.teamster.org/content/stopthewaronworkers. |
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HOW To bid an advertised bulletin |
To bid an
advertised bulletin is a little
different than placing a standing
bid.....
Under CMTS…. click on “Bid
Maintenance”….fill in your employee ID
number….hit enter….this should show the
“Standing Bids” that you have entered,
if any, below that should show any
bulletined job available to you for bid,
right now LTB81 will show there….now
left click on the arrow in
“Advertisement Functions”….left click on
“Insert”….go next to “Priority”….if this
is the job that you want, the priority
would be the number 1….next we go to
“Item Number” and put in the item number
that shows on the available bulletin, in
this case it is the # 001….we are now
ready to “Update” our bid page, this
button is at the very bottom of the
page….left click on “Update” and your
bid should come up on the screen.
To remove
an unwanted bid go to same "Bid
Maintenance" screen....on the right hand
side of the second line click on the
arrow in "Standing Bid Function"....
click on "Delete"....go down to the next
line...."Add/Delete Priority"....and
fill in the priority number that you
placed for the bid that you desire
deleted....click "Update"....bid should
be missing from your list of active
bids.
Union Pacific
Labor
Relation Changes as of April 1st, 2011.
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LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER AND TRAINMEN
JOURNAL
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check Crew boards
from your mobile device
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You can now check Crew Boards when OFF
DUTY from your mobile device.
Just click 'Crew Boards' on the
Employees MOBILE site at
http://employees.mobile.uprr.com/
Features implemented based on requests
from the field:
- Thirty-six hour projection on train
lineup
- Color-coded times (Red=Called,
Orange=Prompted, Green=Tentative)
- Click TrainID for details (schedule
and consist info)
- Bookmark YOUR board and YOUR lineup:
1. Enter your Circ-7 and Board
2. Use 'Add bookmark' feature on mobile
device.
The next time you need to check your
boards:
1. Select bookmark from list on your
phone.
2. Enter TCS UserID and Password to
login.
3. Results displayed - NO DATA ENTRY! |
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If you
are working the DM004 XE50
BOARD DO
NOT REFUSE CALLS to work Mankato
jobs. If you are called to work Mankato,
don't say hell no and hang up the
phone......simply request a pilot. If
you refuse the call you could stand a
chance of being charged and maybe
disciplined. This is being watched
closely so protect yourself.
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Here's
our local RRB Field Office, for everyone
who is furloughed or thinks they may be
furloughed soon... You don't have to
wait to be furloughed to register.
You can
register on line at
http://www.rrb.gov/mep/ben_services.asp
You will receive a pin and password.
Then if you happen to be furloughed
later you can apply for your benefits
online.
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BLET
Short-Term Disability Insurance |
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short-term disability benefits up to a maximum of 52 weeks if
you are an eligible employee working on a railroad that
participated in the Wage Rules portion of the National Agreement
dated December 16, 2003. The plan pays $362 per week.
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Effective October 1, 2007, weekly benefits were reduced from
$402 per week to $362 per week. The reduction will not impact
members with existing claims or those who have a disability date
prior to October 1, 2007. They will continue to qualify for the
$402 per week benefit. Only those claims with a date of October
1 or after will be adjusted to $362 per week.
The plan experience is monitored regularly and reviewed
annually. A high number of claims forced the plan to pay more in
benefits that it collected in premiums. This, in addition to the
fact that we were unable to secure payment of a higher premium
from the rail carriers, has forced the Trust Fund to adjust the
benefits accordingly.
To initiate a claim for a sickness, accidental injury on or off
duty, or pregnancy, you may call MetLife Insurance Company at
(800) 858-6506. You must be absent for 14 calendar days before
your claim can be processed. However, if your absence is
scheduled, such as a hospital stay, you may call prior to your
last day of work. If the illness or injury is unanticipated, you
should call MetLife as soon as possible to ensure that your
claim will be processed in a timely manner.
There are no claim forms to be completed. When you call, you
will be asked to provide the following information to an intake
person at the MetLife Claims Center:
Personal Information
Full name (Official name
with railroad)
Address
Telephone number(s)
Social Security number
Date of birth
BLET General Committee
BLET Local Division
Job Information
Railroad on which employed
Date of hire on railroad
Date entered into engine service |
Sickness/Injury Information
Last day worked
Nature of illness/injury
Date of disability
Injury on or off duty
Craft working in at time of injury/onset of illness
Physician's Information for each treating physician
Name
Address
Telephone number
FAX number |
Your railroad submits a list of
employees who qualify for STD insurance to MetLife on a monthly
basis. Based on that information, MetLife determines your
eligibility to file a claim.
MetLife will mail an "Authorization to Disclose Information
About Me" form to you immediately after you report your claim.
It is important that you do the following:
Complete all applicable areas of the form
Sign the form
FAX or mail the form as soon as possible to expedite the claim
(retain original for your records)
Provide your treating physician(s) with a signed copy
Your physician(s) may also ask you to sign a specific
authorization form for their records. Please do so.
Frequently asked questions regarding the National STD insurance:
MetLifeQ&A.pdf
You may also access the Summary Plan Description:
Your Benefit
Plan.pdf
Your BLET Short-term Disability Administrator can provide you
assistance in working with MetLife, if needed. Contact
information is as follows:
Jim Bradford
BLET Short-term Disability Administrator
(216) 241-2630 x205
Bradford@ble-t.org
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This
charity has helped those that have suffered major
tragedies including weather disasters, major health
problems, fires and evacuations from the family home.
Here's a Powerpoint
Presentation...
Friend to Friend ppt.
If you would like to
find out more or donate to this good cause you can visit
the company link here..
Friend to Friend. Or you can contact Robert Resch to
personally answer your questions by email at
RJRESCH@up.com or by calling him (402) 544 - 5197.
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CNW GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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LEGAL DISCLAIMER:
This is only a informational website only. Information and
statements contained on this web site has been provided for the benefit of
BLET Division 333 Members. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Division 333 and this
webmaster are not liable for discrepancies, omissions, opinions, whether expressed, implied, false or misleading content. All content ©
2008 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Division
333.
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