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BLET wins in court over Union Pacific’s antiunion tactics

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INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 14 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) secured a major court victory over the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) on April 13 as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld a district court’s 2021 ruling granting the BLET a preliminary injunction stopping the railroads’ indefinite suspension of six members of BLET Division 192 in El Paso. The district court had found that the BLET was likely to prevail in showing that UP had illegally interfered in union business and wrongfully suspended the members in violation of the Railway Labor Act. 
 
President Pierce concluded by thanking BLET members and the legal team for a hard-fought victory.

“The court took the Union Pacific Railroad to task for its shameful and illegal attacks on hard-working union members and its underhanded efforts to undermine our union,” President Pierce said. “When the National Division was advised that Union Pacific was taking these actions, there was no hesitation on our part to take legal action to protect the officers and members of our great Union. I have personally discussed the case with several of Division 192’s Officers, and I thank them and General Chairman Brian Carr for standing up for what is right. I also thank our legal counsel for their hard work in securing this major victory for our union and our members.”

A copy of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision can be foundhere (PDF).