Forums - BLET Division 28

Enrollment Form

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Brothers and Sisters:
We have completed our transition into the new voluntary group disability policy. The new carrier is Guardian. We are fortunate to have an open enrollment for members that are not in the policy currently.

If you would like coverage (or to increase your coverage if you are enrolled in one or the other), print and fill out the attached enrollment form. Short-term is $30.45/mo and long-term is $51.00/mo. The coverage is the same as the Standard Insurance Company offered.

http://www.blet28.org/files/enrollform.pdf

Please return the form to me at:

BLET Division 28
1531 N. Santa Rosa Ave
Tucson, AZ 85712

The enrollment period is brief, so please don’t wait too long. I will be going to El Paso today, and returning, …well your guess is as good as mine.

Please feel free to call if you have trouble printing or with any other questions.

Fraternally,

Nick Johnson, Secretary/Treasurer
BLET Division 28
Johnson@blet28.org
520.247.6370

Take Action NOW!!

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URGENT! Stand up to the attacks on our rights and our paychecks!

SB1484, Paycheck deductions employee authorization
SB1485, Unions; public employees; prohibitions
SB1486, Public Employees; activities, unions; compensation
SB1487, Government employees; union dues; withholding

These terrible bills are moving fast.

They have already passed out of committee and will be most likely debated in the full AZ Senate next week. We need to pull together and find solutions that work for the real issues Arizonans are facing. Join our rally to let the Arizona Legislature that attacking public workers is wrong!

To Take Action NOW by following the Arizona AFL-CIO link:
http://act.aflcio.org/c/120/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=3542

Then please go sign our petition to protect the rights of Arizona workers:
http://signon.org/sign/attacks-on-az-workers.fb1?source=s.fb&r_by=2300457

UPs CMTS System

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Brothers and Sisters,

I cannot stress how important it is for each and every one of you to grant your Local Chairman access to your timekeeping information.

Currently these are the screens in UP’s CMTS System I cannot access without you ensuring permission box checked:

1) Pay History Screen

2) Time slip Inquiry Screen

3) Employee Statistics-this includes information about Vacation and PL day qualifications and trip counts.

4) Guarantee Screen

Obviously I need to have these screens in order to do research for our members.

This is all information I had access to yesterday but not today. In fact your Local Chairman has had and used this information to serve you for many years.

In Solidarity,

Ron Sprague

Local Chairman

BLET Division 28

877 S. Alvernon Way Ste.100

Tucson, AZ 85711

Office 520-323-0710

Fax 520-323-0711

Cell 520-401-2748

Brothers and Sisters,

Please see this post for updated info and how to set up access.

http://www.blet28.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=664

Stephen

Division 28 Custom T-Shirts

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Order your Division 28 custom T-Shirts now to be sure you get the size and color you want! These are really nice looking shirts! They are 100%cotton heavyweight shirts w/ left chest pocket, Union made and Union printed. They display the BLET logo on the front pocket along with "Div. 28". The back has BLET and the AFL-CIO and PALF (Pima Area Labor Federation) logos blended together nicely with the slogan "Pulling Together". We have partnered with the PALF to make these shirts and support the Labor Day Party/Picnic/Parade for 2009. There are a limited number of shirts. They are available in M, L, XL and XXL, short sleeve or long sleeve. The colors are Navy and Ash (Grey). The price is only $16.50 for M, $18.00 for L and XL. (XXL is $20.00). Order in advance to be sure you get the size and color you want. Checks need to be made out to "BLET Div 28". You can mail your order or track down Jon Hurst or Nick Johnson. Mail it to us at: BLET Division 28 c/o 1531 N. Sant Rosa Ave Tucson, AZ 85712 or place it in the box at 22nd St. Be sure to specify what you want. This is a great way to support Labor in Tucson!

Short Term Disability plan

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Please see the members forum for an important announcement on the Short Term Disability Plan.

FRA Emergency Order 26

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See Local Chairman Forum for important information regarding FRA Emergency Order 26-Use of Electronic Devices.

Voices of Women on the Railroad

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The United Pacific Foundation recently gave Renee Ross, oral historian at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, a grant to record the memories of women who worked (or who are still working) on the railroad.

Called, Voices of Women on the Railroad, the project adds to a previous compilation of audio tapes recorded by Ross last year.

Tapes and transcriptions of both compilations may be found at the museum, located at the Downtown Historic Depot, 414 N. Toole Ave, Tucson.

For information regarding the oral history project, contact Renee Ross at brross@mindspring.com or
520-575-1421.

New railroad book on Tucson

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I have run across an new book called “Tucson was a RailroadTown by William D. Kalt 111. I have not read the whole book yet, but it looks good. There are a lot of pictures of people that I fired for. It is a whos who of the peoples of the early days. You will recognize some of the family names that still work here today. There are not as many pictures of steam engines as I would like. But it is rich in pictures of people and the stories behind them. It was published in 2007 by VTD Rail Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9719915-4-5

Vacation Trades

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For those interested in vacation trades there is a topic started in the trades forum under the members section of the forums. Post a reply to it with your info if interested once vacations are assigned.

AOL YAHOO MSN HOTMAIL Users

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It's been brought to our attention that some of you may not be getting your registration emails. If you use one of the above free email accounts or have spam filtering on your email account, please check your spam folders or bulk email folders for the registration email. If you still dont get the registration email, send me an email at admin@blet28.org and we will see about getting it sorted out. Thanks!

Forums - BLET Division 28

Enrollment Form

Take Action NOW!!

UPs CMTS System

Division 28 Custom T-Shirts

Short Term Disability plan

FRA Emergency Order 26

Voices of Women on the Railroad

New railroad book on Tucson

Vacation Trades

AOL YAHOO MSN HOTMAIL Users

UPs CMTS System