Arkansas State Legislative Board

UP-Central Region Committee of Adjustment Quadrennial Meeting

aslb — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:11:46 +0000

On the 1st week of January North Little Rock hosted the General Committee meetings. At the meeting Ronnie Rhodes was re-elected General Chairman the position he has held since Charlie Rightnowar retired, Kyle Bagby was elected as the First Vice General Chairman, Kevin Leyerle was re-elected to the position of GCA Secretary-Treasurer, and Norman Baker was elected as the North Little Rock Hub Vice General Chairman and 3rd Vice General Chairman, and Jay Callaway was elected as the North Little Rock Hub Alternate Chairman. Also in attendance were BLET National President Dennis Pierce, 1st Vice President Lee Pruitt, National Secretary Bill Walpert, Vice President Mike Twombly, Vice President Gil Gore, and in attendance for the Legislative Board were State Chairman Terry Todd and Vice State Chairman James Hoskins.

Important Information

aslb — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:23:44 +0000

We would really like to see everyone create a user name and password for the BLET data base. You can update your information from your computer and we can have current information on everyone. Go to the web page at BLE.org or you can go through the quick link to your right on this page. Once you get to the site, go to Members area on the left side of the page through the quick link. After you get into the members area, you must create a user name and password. It doesn’t take long to get this done and it would really help us to send accurate mail-outs and ballots for elections in the future. Your e-mail address would also help us with the mobilization program that we are rebuilding. Thank you for visiting the site and check back again for more updates.

76th Annual Southwest Convention

aslb — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:20:14 +0000

In September the 76th Annual Southwest Convention kicked off in El Paso, Texas. Members attending from the State Board were Terry Todd, James Hoskins, Steve Christian, and Earles Carpenter. It was another educational event that included many workshops for us to participate in throughout the week. The classes included a local chairman workshop, secretary-treasurer workshop, and a legislative representative workshop. We also attended a mobilization workshop that has helped us initiate our mobilization program within our General Committee. It was a great learning experience because we all know things are constantly changing and it’s helpful to get insight from our National Officers.

Pac-Fund

aslb — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:09:08 +0000

Just a little reminder to everyone. If you are not currently participating please consider helping with the cause of our union. It doesn’t matter what party affiliation you belong to, we simply apply our Pac money to those who best suit our goals as workers. If you have any questions regarding the Pac-Fund feel free to contact your Legislative Representative or any of us from the State Board. It would be great to get 100% participation. Everyone remember our strength comes from our numbers in active participation.

Election of International Officers

aslb — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:32:42 +0000

Just a reminder to everyone, ballots have been mailed out for the International Election. Be sure and exercise your right to vote, the ballots will be counted on November 14th. If you have not received a ballot or if you need a new one, contact the Election Supervisor at 877-317-2011 or www.ibtvote.org.

Safety

aslb — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:25:58 +0000

If you come across something you feel is unsafe, please

report it to the safety hotline. Trees overhanging the track,

van issues, or anything you feel could be unsafe. If you have

any questions feel free to contact one of us. Thanks for

your help.

Purpose of our site

aslb — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:00:51 +0000

This is for information regarding safety, health, FRA issues, legislation in Arkansas and national issues. Hopefully this will help regarding some questions you may have from time to time. Keep in mind the website is still under construction, thanks for stopping in.

House Bill 1318

aslb — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:55:26 +0000

On February 27th, Governor Beebe signed House Bill 1318 into law. We appreciate everyone’s input, that made this a success. The bill passed the House 98-0, from there it went to the Senate where it passed 35-0 with an amendment added. It went back to the House to adopt the amendment and passed on a vote of 100-0. It will now be known as ACT 243 (The Safe Transportation of Railroad Employees By Contract Carriers Act). Today is a great day and a historic day for rail labor in the state of Arkansas.