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BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYES DIVISION Of The International Brotherhood Of Teamsters

Volume 116 ■ Number 1 www.bmwe.org January/February 2007 Two Members Killed, Several Injured in MBCR Rail Accident Roadway Worker Fatalities Up Sharply Since October 2006 wo members of the Brotherhood Donations to the fund may be sent to: maintenance. Trains were correctly implementation of these commit- Tof Maintenance of Way Employes Christopher Macaulay Memorial Fund, re-routed around the roadway work ments. Division (BMWED) were struck and C/O TD Banknorth, 150 Main Street, crew for the entire day until, for rea- Nationwide, since October 2006 at killed near Woburn, MA on January 9 Amesbury, MA 01913. Brother sons still not clearly understood, a least seven roadway workers have when a Massachusetts Bay Zipps is survived by four children and MBCR commuter train was routed been killed in roadway worker acci- Commuter Railroad (MBCR) train was four grandchildren. Donations to directly onto the track where the men dents. On October 26, Brother mistakenly routed onto the track benefit the Zipps family are being and a Pettibone speed swing were Nelson Begay, a member of Pacific where they were working. Several handled through James’ sister and authorized by the MBCR dispatch Federation Lodge 508 from Pinon, AZ other crewmembers were injured, at may be sent to: Pamela Zipps, 39 center to work on the track. was struck and killed in an on-track least two seriously. Winthrop Ave, Lowell, MA. 01851. Per mile of railroad operated, equipment accident near Cosco, UT. Brothers James Zipps, 54, of “Our hearts and prayers go out to MBCR has one of the worst roadway Brother Begay was a machine opera- Lowell, MA and Christopher Macaulay, the families of those killed and worker safety records of any railroad tor for the Union Pacific Railroad. In 30, of Brentwood, NH were killed injured,” said Freddie Simpson, in the country. There have been four November, three roadway workers when an apparent dispatching error President of the BMWED. “We are BMWED roadway worker fatalities on employed by Harsco Track allowed a scheduled MBCR commuter sickened by this tragedy and we will the MBCR since December 6, 2003. Technologies were killed when the train into the main line out-of-service continue every effort to see that it Shortly after the tragedy, BMWED grinding train they were assigned to track where the six-man roadway never happens again. A train being Local Officers, General Chairman derailed near Baxter, CA. On work crew had established working inadvertently routed into the limits of Brad Winter, and representatives from January 9, BMWED lost two Brothers limits for track maintenance. The an Exclusive Track Occupancy author- the National Division met with MBCR on the MBCR, and then, on January deceased were both proud members ity is every roadway worker’s worst and made numerous proposals for 17, 2007, a UTU-represented track of Consolidated Rail System nightmare. This is totally unaccept- improving roadway worker safety on foreman on the Long Island Railroad Federation Lodge 201 in Boston, MA. able,” said Simpson. the property. MBCR committed to was struck and killed by an LIRR Brother Macaulay was married and According to initial reports, the work immediately implement several of the train. leaves behind his wife and an 18- crew had established the required on- BMWED’s proposals and the parties “Nationwide, the railroad industry month old daughter. A memorial fund track safety and had exclusive authori- are scheduled to meet again in early has failed to properly man its dispatch has been set up on their behalf. ty to occupy the track to conduct March to assess the effectiveness and See MEMBERS on Page 7 2007 BMWED Legislative Board Elections Scheduled Candidates Sought for Local Lodge Legislative Boards he roles of a Local’s Legislative carry with them the opportunity for a reasonable positions have merit and Legislative Representative in each of TRepresentative (LR) and Vice Leg- member to have a voice which can credibility. That’s why we can win. such states. For example, a lodge islative Representative (VLR) are ex- affect an immediate and positive having membership in both Ohio and tremely important ones. So important, change at the Local, County, State, How It Works Michigan could elect a Local in fact, that their selection and election and Federal levels of our government. Article XII, Section 3 of the National Legislative Representative for to these offices demands our most As lobbyists, we’re effective Division Bylaws governing State Michigan and a Local Legislative careful and thoughtful consideration. because, when our State Legislative Legislative Boards and legislative Representative for Ohio. In fact, the From the BMWED office of the Directors (SLD), LRs, or VLRs have activities requires that each Local more LRs and VLRs we have, the Director of Government Affairs in the opportunity to speak to an elected Lodge elect, at a Regular or Special louder our voice is in a fight and the Washington, D.C., the 2007 official on an issue, their words con- Meeting held between January 1 and better off we are as a Union. Legislative Convention election vey a realistic, honest, and heartfelt June 30, 2007, a Local Legislative A 15 day advance written notice to instructions have gone out to all Lodge view of life on the railroad that comes Representative to serve as a member the members of each lodge advising Secretary-Treasurers. Please review from hard learned personal experi- on the Legislative Board in each them of the time, date and place of the following information and see if ences. The kind of personal experi- respective state to represent the election is necessary. If your not sure there’s a place within this process for ences that only come from earning lodge in legislative matters. if you’ve been sent a notice, check you or someone you know. The time your living between the rails. A Vice Legislative Representative with your Local Lodge Secretary- for action is here. The time for mean- The views of railroad life of most of should also be elected to take the Treasurer for your Local’s election ingful discussion and debate in our the opposition lobbyists we face come place of the Local Legislative information. Locals is now. from a position of comfort and conve- Representative in the event that he or While the Local Legislative nience, where their lives have been she is unable to carry out their Representative and Vice Legislative Why Our Legislative Reps Are So lived safely on the other side of the respective duties. Representative are elected to serve a Important right-of-way fences. To a fair minded A lodge having membership in two four-year term which takes effect Few callings within our organization and intelligent elected official, our or more states may elect a Local See ELECTIONS on Page 8

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In addition, is an honorary title bestowed upon said BMWED President Freddie Railroad Administration (FRA) issued FRA inspectors reportedly found Brothers Fleming and LaRue as a Simpson. a safety advisory on January 26, numerous mechanical defects on the sign of respect and in recognition of Employee disability annuitants with 2007 to railroad industry owners and MOW train. their dedicated service to the questions about their earnings should operators urging them to ensure spe- According to FRA, it has become Brotherhood,” said President contact the nearest RRB office by cialized maintenance equipment is apparent that some owners and oper- Simpson. “It goes without saying how calling the RRB toll-free at 1-800-808- only operated by fully qualified indi- ators of such equipment do not fully appreciative the members and officers 0772. Field office locations can also viduals and is properly inspected. understand which federal safety regu- of this great union are for their many be found on the RRB’s Web site at “I cannot emphasize enough the lations they must comply with given years of service and dedication to the www.rrb.gov. responsibility and necessity of rail- their unique design and operational cause,” added Secretary-Treasurer To view the RRB’s full press release roads and contractors that use these characteristics. Administrator Perry Geller. (pdf) regarding these changes, go to vehicles to operate them in the safest Boardman noted that failure of indus- President Emeritus Mac Fleming www.bmwe.org and click on the manner possible,” said FRA try members to take immediate and first joined the Brotherhood (BMWE) “Railroad Retirement Disability Administrator Joseph H. Boardman. appropriate action to remedy the in 1968 as a trackman on the AT&SF Earnings Limit Increased” link. “We have zero tolerance for careless problems identified in the advisory Railroad. In 1969 he was elected as Shake-up at Amtrak mistakes that needlessly cause harm may prompt FRA to pursue other cor- Local Chairman of Lodge 2414, or injury to workers, contractors, or rective measures available under its AT&SF System Federation. The New York Times recently the public at large,” he said. safety authority and jurisdiction. Thereafter, he served 13 years as a reported that the new president of The Safety Advisory was issued in The full text of FRA Safety Advi- System Federation Officer with the Amtrak fired several top officials. The response to a serious November 9, sory 2007-02 can be viewed at AT&SF System, including 6 years as president, Alexander K. Kummant, 2006 accident involving a rail grinder www.fra.dot.gov or www.bmwe.org. General Chairman. He was elected acted two months after Amtrak’s train. The maintenance-of-way as International Secretary-Treasurer inspector general reported that its BMWED President and Sec-Treas. (MOW) train derailed 10 of its 13 in 1986 and was then elected to four legal department had mismanaged Emeritus cars while traveling from Sparks, consecutive terms as International contracts with outside lawyers. Nevada, to Bakersfield, California. As On November 7, 2006, former President of the BMWE beginning in Amtrak officials said those remov- a result, several employees of a rail President Mac A. Fleming and former 1990. ed included Amtrak’s general services contractor were killed and Secretary-Treasurer William E. LaRue Fleming was born in Walnut grove, counsel, the chief financial officer, injured. A preliminary investigation were named President Emeritus and Mississippi and is married to Ms. the police chief, the vice president for Phyllis Tatro Fleming. He retired as marketing, and the head of communi- Grand Lodge President 2004 and cur- cations. BMWE Division rently resides in Sterling Heights, MI. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus said in a statement on the shake-up: William E. LaRue was elected “We hope this dramatic reorganization JOURNAL CONTENTS International Secretary-Treasurer for indicates a new attitude at Amtrak. three consecutive terms beginning in One that is pro-Amtrak, not one that Jan./Feb. 2007 ■ BMWE DIVISION JOURNAL ■ VOLUME 116 ■ NUMBER 1 1990. Prior to his election as is bent on destroying it.” International Secretary-Treasurer, he The BMWED Journal is the official news publication of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division Bush Directive Increases was elected Vice-President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Regulatory Control Freddie N. Simpson Perry K. Geller, Sr. Richard A. Inclima (Northeast), a position he held for 10 President and Editor Secretary-Treasurer Associate Editor years beginning 1980. During the Several weeks ago, President Bush The BMWED Journal (ISSN 1049-3921 /USPS 067640) is published bi-monthly-6 times annually at 20300 Civic 1970’s he was a System Officer with signed a presidential directive that Center Drive, Suite 320, Southfield, Michigan 48076-4169. Periodicals postage paid at Southfield, Michigan and the Pennsylvania Federation and later provides the White House with sub- additional mailing offices. elected as General Chairman. stantial control over regulations and ATTENTION POSTMASTER: Brother LaRue is a member of agency advisories issued by govern- Send address changes to BMWED, 20300 Civic Center Drive, Suite 320, Southfield, Michigan 48076-4169. PennFed Lodge 3089. mental agencies such as the FRA, Subscription Price: U.S. and Canada—$20.00 (U.S.) per year, in advance. Brother LaRue has two daughters, OSHA, DOT, EPA and others. www.bmwe.org Susan and Christine, and he and Under the executive order, each his wife Ruthann currently reside in government regulatory agency will be Two Members Killed, Several President’s Perspective 4 Troy, MI. He retired as Sec-Treas. in required to have a regulatory policy Injured in MBCR Rail Accident 1 Message from Teamsters 2002. office run by a political appointee of Roadway Worker Fatalities Up Sharply General President Jim Hoffa 4 the president to carry out the presi- Since October 2006 Secretary-Treasurer’s Report 5 Higher Earnings Cap for Disabled dent’s priorities. 2007 BMWED Legislative Board Brotherhood of Maintenance of RR Workers Consumer, labor and environmental Elections Scheduled 1 Way Employes Division-IBT A new law became effective imme- groups denounced the executive Candidates Sought for Local Fringe Benefits As of diately on January 12, when order as a means to take rule making Lodge Legislative Boards January 1, 2007 5 and regulatory authority out of the Around the Brotherhood 2 President Bush signed the Railroad Roll of Honor 6 hands of civil servants and scientific Teamster Date Nail Collector Centenarians 7 Retirement Disability Earnings Act. Seeks BMWED Members’ Input 3 Reminder: 24 Months Continuous The law raises the monthly cap on experts and put it into the hands of National Association Dedicated to Good Standing Effective 1/1/08 7 outside earnings for recipients of political ideologues. The directive Preservation of RR Date Nails Eligibility for Election to Office Railroad Retirement disability benefits requires that prior to issuing new reg- Election Supervisor’s Certification Governed by IBT Constitution from $400 to $700. ulations, federal agencies must identi- of the Results of the 2006 IBT BMWED National Division Retiree 7 Beginning January 1, 2007, dis- fy “the specific market failure” or prob- International Officer Election 3 BMWED Legislative Issues – abled rail workers can earn up to lem that justifies government regulato- 110th Congress 8 $700 a month without suffering a ry action. reduction in their Railroad Retirement President Simpson said, “The execu- disability payments. The cap will then tive order is a clear attempt by the be adjusted annually. White House to politicize the regulatory “This is going to mean a lot to our process in order to protect big business many disabled Brothers and Sisters and the Republican Party’s political who struggle each month to maintain base. Evidently, science and public health and safety must now take a © BMWED 2007 All rights reserved. a home, pay for medical care, and buy prescription drugs, food, and back seat to political patronage.”

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Dear BMWED Brothers and Sisters: 500 pages with photos). I look for- Brother Meyers has contributed to everything known about railroad tie My name is Rolland Meyers. I am a ward to hearing from you. all of these publications/websites in date nails!) retired Teamster enjoying a pension the past, and they include virtually after driving semi in the San Fraternally, and with regards, Francisco Bay Area for thirty-five+ Rolland Meyers years. I have been retired since 1994. 33 Ramona Avenue I have a hobby Oakland, CA 94611 Election Supervisor’s Certification of the which I truly enjoy and 510-658-5221 that is the reason I am Email: [email protected] Results of the 2006 IBT International Officer Election contacting members in this publication. I col- Top Ten Nails Sought by Brother The Rules for the 2005-2006 IBT International Union Delegate and Officer lect railroad tie date Meyers Election (“Rules”) state that the Election Supervisor has the authority “to supervise nails. I have been col- • Combination letter/date nails (one all phases of the International Union delegate and officer election” and is “autho- rized and obligated to certify election results.” Rules, Article I. Pursuant to that lecting for many years with an alphabetical letter and a num- authority, this constitutes the Election Supervisor’s certification of the results of the and have written many ber such as L 10 or S 9 or RO 8. 2006 IBT International Officer Election. articles for the National Association of These nails were used by the Great The ballot count for contested International Officer positions took place from Collectors, of which I am a member. I Northern, Milwaukee Road and November 14 through November 18, 2006, in Alexandria, Virginia. A final tabula- am always looking for date nails, Pennsylvania Railroad. There were tion of votes was announced on November 18, 2006. The time for filing post- elec- either swapping with other collectors, also K nails used by the Prescott and tion protests concerning the outcome of the election has expired (Rules, Art. XIII, § or walking abandoned lines. In a few Northwestern. I have all of these. 3(a)), and no post-election protests were filed. cases I have even walked the tracks • 4 raised with a circle around it. Two pre-election protests have not been resolved completely. In re Berg, 2006 with MOW workers that have helped This nail was used by the Santa Fe ESD 397 (December 6, 2006), was appealed to the Election Appeals Master and pull the nails with me! So I appreciate only. There is also a 4R with a circle is pending decision before him. Investigation is not completed in In re Buban, Case No. P-06-343-100906-MW, and no ruling has been issued. However those the opportunity to contact you to see around it. This is also a Santa Fe nail. protests are finally decided, the subject matter and scope of the protests will not if any of you might have any date • 1910-1923 raised date, diamond require considering any relief under Rules, Art. XIII, §§ 4(t) (withholding of certifi- nails you do not want, or possibly head and round shank. These were cation) or 4(u) (order of rerun election) in connection with the International Officer have specific nails I need to fill certain used by the Rock Island. I have the election. No delay or refusal to certify the results of any race in the International sets that I might either be able to 1913 which was used by the Illinois Officer election has been sought, and none is warranted. trade for or purchase outright. Central Accordingly, based upon the ballot tabulations, the Election Supervisor certifies The date nails I seek for my collec- • 1911 Indent date. This has a flag the following candidates as duly elected to the identified IBT International Union tion were used by several roads: the on the top and a line on the bottom of office. The candidates for IBT At-Large Vice-President are certified ranked in order Pensy, the Milwaukee, the Great each of the ones. It was used by both according to the number of votes received in order to comply with Art. VI, § 8(a) of Northern and a few others. They have the Southern Pacific and the Texas & the IBT Constitution. The candidates for other offices are also listed in order according to the number of votes received, for informational purposes only. an alphabetical letter and a number. Pacific. The letter usually stands for the type • 1920, 1922, 1923 and 1924 Office Name of wood used for the tie and the num- Round raised nails used by the General President James P. Hoffa ber is the date the tie was either treat- Wabash. These are only 1/8 inch General Secretary-Treasurer C. Thomas Keegel ed or put into service. diameter shanks. The 23 is 1.5 inch- IBT At-Large Vice President Ken Hall Carroll Haynes There are exceptions such as the es long, the others 2.5 inches. George Tedeschi “K” nails used by the Prescott & • 1932 Round indent used by the Fred Simpson Northwestern in the 30’s and 40’s. No Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Randy Cammack one seems to know what the K stands Railroad. Fredrick Potter for! I have that complete set. But if • 1953 Round indent used by the Fred Gegare any of the members out there have Erie Railroad. The top of the three is Eastern Region Vice-President John Murphy any extra letter/date nails I would cer- flat not round. (the Erie used both) Jack Cipriani tainly appreciate being contacted. • 1932 Round indent used by the Dan Kane, Sr. Date nails are a part of railroad histo- Litchfield & Madison Railroad. Frank Gillen ry, and collectors like myself are dedi- • 1916 and 1917 Maleable Iron Central Region Vice-President Cheryl Johnson Patrick Flynn cated to preserving that history for nails used by the New York Central. Walter A. Lytle future generations. The 1916 is a round indented nail and Gordon Sweeton There are, of course, many hard to the 1917 is a square headed, raised John T. Coli find nails that just have a date. It date, round shank nail. Southern Region Vice-President Kenneth W. Wood would take many pages to go over • 1940, 1941, 1952, 1953, 1955, Tyson Johnson those nails and to list some of the 1957, 1959 Square nail, raised date International Trustee Henry Perry ones I still need for my sets. But basi- with square shank. Looking for the Franklin Gallegos cally I just wanted to contact you, the ones used by the Santa Fe. Ferline Buie members, to see if anyone had nails (Editor’s note: The National Asso- The following members were declared duly elected to office on June 30, 2006, they have in the garage that they no ciation of Collectors is chartered in the last day of the IBT 27th International Convention. longer want. I would be more than Texas and is also known as the Texas OFFICE NAME willing to swap for them, pay postage Date Nail Collectors Association. It is Western Region Vice-President Jim Santangelo for them or, if they are nails that I national in scope and currently has Chuck Mack need for sets, buy them. 200+ members. BMWED members Al Hobart I thank you ahead of time for any interested in date nail history, collec- Teamsters Canada, IBT Vice-President Robert Bouvier help in this and appreciate the oppor- tion, and preservation are encouraged Tom Fraser tunity to have this item printed in your to visit the following websites: Don McGill BMWED Journal. If any of the mem- All candidates are reminded that they must comply with their remaining bers have questions regarding date http://facstaff.uindy.edu/~oaks/ obligations under the Rules, including the filing of final CCERs. We retain nails I hope I can be of some help as DateNailInfo.htm jurisdiction to assure compliance with the Rules and to order and enforce any I have studied them, collected them, remedies for non-compliance if necessary. http://nailhunter.ehost.com/ written about them and helped con- Dated: January 8, 2007 tribute to the current “bible” of date http://community-2.webtv.net/ Washington, D.C. nail collecting (Three volumes, over nailernews/NailerNewscom/

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uddenly, all the public figures are talking about a health care crisis in Sthis country. Brother Geller’s perspective discusses the profoundly misguided attempt by President Bush to “solve” this country’s health care problems by making individuals pay more for medical treatment. I guess the President believes working folks sit around reading peer-reviewed medical journals in their spare time so they can argue with their doctors over their course of treatment. Democratic candidate John Edwards issued his own comprehensive proposal for universal health insurance in early Freddie N. Simpson February, while Massachusetts and California are attempting to deal with the problem through legislation. Health care is once again a “crisis” in the media, of traffic because of the productivity of all of their employees. Productivity is sim- much like it was in 1992 when former President Clinton won election over anoth- ply a fancy name for doing more with less. All of you know that, despite record er President Bush who appeared out of touch on the issue. What I want to talk income, the Railroads continue to reduce forces, expecting people working over- about is our own health care crisis – national negotiations with the major time to take the place of new hires. Yet all of this isn’t enough, because the Railroads and their refusal to engage realistically on this issue. The Railroads Railroads now want employees to contribute more for health insurance and take insist that their employees must bear their share of health insurance premium very modest wage increases that will be largely eaten up by the health insur- costs. They imply that rail workers somehow don’t contribute now. ance cost sharing amounts proposed by the Railroads. That is unacceptable and That’s not true because all rail employees contribute directly to the cost of unfair to the rank and file that produce the Railroads’ record profits. health care insurance today. BMWED members have had 74 cents per hour of Over the period 2000 to 2005, shareholder return to investors in UP, BNSF, NS wage increases and cost of living adjustments diverted to contribute to the cost and CSX increased 135.4 percent. Executive compensation at those same of insuring them and their families since January 1, 2000. On average, BMWED Railroads increased 147.4 percent. Did rail employees obtain any of these same members work 218 hours each month. That means, on average, BMWED mem- benefits during the period? No. The total value of all of Rail Labor’s wages and bers give up $161.32 per month, or $1935.84 annually, in wages deferred to pay supplemental income increased only 18 percent during that period. BMWED mem- for health insurance. The BMWED members’ method of contributions for health bers’ wages increased only 8.8 percent. Yet during this period, the Railroads cut care is unique in the industry because other rail workers pay fixed monthly con- employment 3.5 percent. Remember, productivity is doing more with less. It’s time tributions for health care, deducted from their gross earnings. However, the for the Railroads to abandon their silly position of seeking concessionary agree- point is that all rail workers presently contribute about 15 percent of annual pre- ments on wages, rules and benefits. It is time for the Railroads to adequately mium costs of their health insurance. The Railroads think those contributions reward some of the most productive employees anywhere in the world. are not enough and have proposed severe cuts in benefit levels and substantial What does this mean at the bargaining table? It means the Railroads should get increases in employee contributions for health care insurance. both serious and realistic. The RLBC has made proposals on health care that The Railroads are seeking “more” from their employees at the same time they would increase benefits for the 25 percent of rail workers unable to obtain man- are making “more” from the productivity of those same employees. It seems like aged care benefits. The proposal pays for itself in changes in co-payments for every quarter, the big Railroads boast about achieving record profits. Union medical services and prescription drugs. We are willing to have a dialog about the Pacific announced record operating income of $2.9 billion for 2006; BNSF had issue of escalating health care costs. However, the Railroads have to acknowledge 2006 operating income of $3.5 billion; Norfolk Southern had 2006 operating and reward the incredible productivity of rail workers as a quid pro quo for serious, income of $2.5 billion and CSX reported 2006 operating income of $2.1 billion. realistic bargaining about health care. Until the Railroads step up and accept that These accomplishments were based on the Railroads carrying record amounts responsibility, we will be unable to reach a voluntary agreement. Message from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa

Legislative Challenges for 2007 are the rail yards using remote control remind them that conditions have not not as productive, but they incur more improved. As we gear up for the 2008 Worker Fatigue and Remote Control accidents, some fatal. Our rail confer- presidential elections, we must re-steer The Teamsters Union is making ence firmly believes that rail employees Congress to work for us, and get them sure that workers are the focus of the are the true eyes and ears of the rail focusing on helping working families. 110th Congress. Our votes and voices system. You can’t replace a skilled, During the lobbying, our members changed the nation’s priorities. unionized rail employee with a robot. helped the general union movement Although the global supply chain by informing Congressional represen- relies heavily on America’s railroads Members on Capitol Hill tatives that a minimum wage bill must to safely and securely transport Members of both the Brotherhood of pass. I thank all of you for your help goods, the rail corporations have not Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen with this labor-wide issue. kept up with required maintenance of (BLET) and the Brotherhood of Unfortunately the Senate passed a its infrastructure. Our maintenance of Maintenance of Way Employes Division bill, but it was not the clean bill we way crews are spread thin, oftentimes (BMWED) lobbied members of had pushed for. Now our task is to covering many hundred of miles of Congress in the House and the Senate have the minimum wage bill become territory. In addition, Norfolk Southern in January. Amtrak funding, increased free of big business givebacks. I ask still uses the inhuman camp-cars for rail security and rail employee anti-ter- each of you to contribute to DRIVE, overnight crew stays. These condi- rorism training were the leads. More our political action fund. This will give tions and schedules work against a than 75 congressmen were lobbied by us the clout we require to fight off big- will insure security for our families and stable and reliable workforce. our members. Members of Congress business interests. Every one of our our livelihood. Locomotive engineers and their had previously been sent a copy of our members needs to be involved in the James P. Hoffa crews are similarly mistreated. Not only High Alert report, but it never hurts to political process – it is a part of what General President

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THE OFFICIAL DIRECTORY TO NATIONAL DIVISION & SYSTEM OFFICERS AS OF FEBRUARY, 2007

FREDDIE N. SIMPSON NATIONAL DIVISION BERNADETTE BOLTON SYSTEM OFFICERS Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac President Office Manager Railroad Company (including Potomac Yard) e-mail: [email protected] APPOINTEES Ext. 15, e-mail: [email protected] Union Belt of Detroit AFFILIATED SYSTEM Winston-Salem Southbound Railway PERRY K. GELLER, SR. President’s Department DANNY GATES Secretary-Treasurer National Legislative Director FEDERATION E. RANDALL BRASSELL Southfield Office General Chairman e-mail: [email protected] Ext. 13, e-mail: [email protected] (606) 931-0115 20300 Civic Center Drive, Suite 320 114 Canfield Place, Unit A8 Southfield, MI 48076 DONALD F. GRIFFIN Fax: 606-931-0008 Hendersonville, TN 37075-3688 (248) 948-1010 or (248) 359-2 (Ext.#) Director of Strategic Coordination and Research VICE PRESIDENTS Fax: 248-948-7150 Ext. 16, e-mail: [email protected] Alton & Southern Railway Company D. R. ALBERS CSX Transportation, Incorporated First Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer J. R. COOK WILLIAM A. BON RICHARD A. INCLIMA Former—Seaboard System Railroad, 4 Pine Tree Drive Breese, IL 62230 11467 Coates Highway General Counsel Director of Safety, Education and Incorporated (888) 526-4150 Fax: 618-526-7821 Brethren, MI 49619 Ext. 615, e-mail: [email protected] Commumications Clinchfield Railroad Company (231) 477-5722 Fax: 231-477-5723 Ext. 12, e-mail: [email protected] MacArthur Bridge e-mail: [email protected] WILLIAM A. HILDENBRAND Manufacturers Railway Company L. A. BUCKLEY Executive Assistant to President GREGORY S. KREIE Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Vice Chairman 141 Iroquois Trail LEON R. FENHAUS Ext. 602, e-mail: [email protected] Staff Assistant Company Ona, WV 25545-9740 1115 West Boulevard Ext. 14, e-mail: [email protected] Norfolk Southern Corporation Rapid City, SD 57701-3574 TIMOTHY McCALL Former—Des Moines Union Railway (888) 743-6758 or (304) 736-2255 (605) 721-9332 Fax: 605-721-9334 Director of Organizing SONIA PETTAWAY Company Fax: 304-736-2112 e-mail: [email protected] Interstate Railroad Company 3121 Plantation Key Drive Executive Assistant Norfolk & Western Railway HORACE J. EZZELL Baton Rouge, LA 70816 Ext. 17, e-mail: [email protected] ROGER D. SANCHEZ (225) 752-3346 Fax: 225-752-3347 Company Vice Chairman 2802 Quail Run Drive Cell: (225) 978-6503 RICK B. WEHRLI Southern Railway Company 2556 Cramer Humble, TX 77396-1864 Wabash Railroad Company Brogue, PA 17309 e-mail: [email protected] Assistant to President (281) 441-2824 Northeast Illinois Railroad Corporation (800) 504-2732 7774 Deertrail Drive Fax: 281-441-4529 (Metra) Fax: 717-927-6181 CYNTHIA PESTA Parker, CO 80138 e-mail: [email protected] Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Administrative Assistant to President (303) 927-5263 or (303) 927-5273 ROY GRIFFITH Ext. 610, e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 303-927-5326 THOMAS R. McCOY, JR. Vice Chairman DAVID D. TANNER e-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 116 General Chairman 14112 Key Deer Drive Robertson, WY 82944-0116 Arbitration 9300 Runyon Road Midlothian, VA 23112-6105 (307) 782-7775 Fax: 307-782-7776 Catlettsburg, KY 41129-8753 e-mail: [email protected] Department DAVID R. LOPEZ Chicago Office Secretary-Treasurer’s JACK E. DAVID Vice Chairman HENRY W. WISE, JR. First Vice Chairman 137 N. Ohio Avenue 3465 Smith Hill Road 150 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 300 Department 1101 County Road 2375 Clarksburg, WV 26301-2230 Slatington, PA 18080-3423 Chicago, IL 60606-4101 Moberly, MO 65720-4200 (610) 767-4940 Fax: 610-767-6452 (312) 630-9328 Fax: 312-630-9438 Southfield Office (660) 263-7480 TERRY W. MIRACLE Fax: 660-263-7481 e-mail: [email protected] DONALD D. BARTHOLOMAY 20300 Civic Center Drive, Suite 320 Vice Chairman Southfield, MI 48076 P.O. Box 452 Public Law Board Coordinator (248) 948-1010 or (248) 359-2 (Ext.#) RICHARD L. PROCISE Harrogate, TN 37752 e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 248-948-7150 Second Vice Chairman (423) 869-9996 Fax: 423-869-9882 EXECUTIVE BOARD 2400 Washington Avenue WADE D. BIRNBAUM KATHLEEN A. CLARK Victoria, VA 23974-4700 ANDREW SHELTON PAUL R. BEARD Staff Assistant (434) 696-2812 Staff Assistant, Financial and Membership Vice Chairman Member e-mail: [email protected] Fax: (434) 696-2914 Services 613 Myatt Street 2665 Navarre Avenue, Suite A Smyrna, TN 37167-4163 Oregon, OH 43616 GARY E. KINNEY Ext. 633, e-mail: [email protected] ALFRED L. WARDELL (419) 693-3801 Fax: 419-693-4227 Staff Assistant RONALD J. COLUMBUS Secretary-Treasurer L. C. SMITH e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] RR.1 Box 63BBB Vice Chairman Executive Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer Pamplin, VA 23958 733 North Church Street Ext. 605, e-mail: [email protected] GARY L. COX TIMOTHY W. KREKE Homerville, GA 31634 Secretary Staff Assistant (800)430-8056 or (912) 487-3012 P.O. Box 24068 e-mail: [email protected] RICK FORBES ALLIED EASTERN Fax: 912-487-3013 Knoxville, TN 37933-2068 Assistant Director, Information Systems (865) 671-1384 Fax: 865-671-1386 STEVEN V. POWERS Ext. 607, e-mail: [email protected] FEDERATION e-mail: [email protected] Assistant to President (800) 752-8009 ATCHISON, TOPEKA & e-mail: [email protected] MARK GOWING MARK E. HEMPHILL Staff Assistant - Information Systems (615) 338-0027 SANTA FE SYSTEM Member ROY ROBINSON Ext. 622, e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 615-338-0209 FEDERATION P. O. Box 746 Member, National Railroad Adjustment Board, 521 S. E. 10th Street Third Division DIXIE L. HUNRATH Appalachian & Ohio Railroad (800) 835-2022 Newton, KS 67114-0746 e-mail: [email protected] Staff Assistant - Personnel Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (800) 835-2022 Fax: 316-283-1470 Ext. 621, e-mail: [email protected] Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (316) 283-1470 e-mail: [email protected] M. J. SCHAPPAUGH Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Fax: 316-283-7264 Staff Assistant WILLIAM J. MARTINKO Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad DAVID D. JOYNT e-mail: [email protected] National Division Auditor CSX Transportation Incorporated Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Vice Chairman Ext. 645, e-mail: [email protected] Former—Seaboard System Railroad Company 747 N. Burlington Avenue S. R. WILSON Louisville & Nashville Railroad Former—Illinois Northern Railway Suite 312 Staff Assistant STEPHEN M. MOCHER Seaboard Coast Line Railrod St. Joseph Terminal Railroad Hastings, NE 68901 Company e-mail: [email protected] Government Reporting Services/Assistant Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (402) 463-0234 Fax: 402-463-0226 Hutchison and Northern Railway Company, Controller Columbia, Newberry and Laurens e-mail: [email protected] Los Angeles Junction Railway Ext. 604, e-mail: [email protected] Railroad Atlanta and West Point--The Wichita Terminal Association, BILL R. PALMER National Legislation Western Railway of Alabama Wichita Union Terminal Railway Company Chairman BRENDA F. SEQUIN Georgia Railroad (including 324 West Whaley Department Private Secretary to the Secretary-Treasurer Augusta and Summerville MARK E. HEMPHILL P.O. Box 2767 Ext. 608, e-mail: [email protected] Railroad) General Chairman Longview, TX 75606-2767 Washington Office Atlanta Joint Terminals P. O. Box 746 (903) 758-7212 Fax: 903-753-1855 10 G. Street, N.E., Suite 460 JAMES A. SUPERFISKY Evansville & Western Railway Company 521 S. E. 10th Street e-mail: [email protected] Washington, DC 20002 Director, Information Systems High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad Newton, KS 67114-0746 (202) 638-2135 Fax: 202-737-3085 Ext. 606, e-mail: [email protected] Monon Railroad e-mail: [email protected] ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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GARY W. MARQUART TERRENCE A. BARRETTE Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad BURLINGTON SYSTEM DULUTH, MISSABE & Company Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer Assistant General Chairman/Secretary- Columbus & Greenville Railway Company P.O. Box 746 DIVISION Treasurer IRON RANGE SYSTEM Gateway Western Railway, 521 S. E. 10th Street P.O. Box 468 Illinois Central Railroad Newton, KS 67114-0746 (402) 463-0234 River Falls, WI 54022 DIVISION Fax: 402-463-0226 Meridian & Bigbee Railroad Company R. G. DAVIS Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway MidSouth Rail Corporation e-mail: [email protected] Company Mississippi Export Railroad Assistant General Chairman COMMUTER Northeast Illinois Railroad Corporation Burlington Northern Railroad Company 1025 N. High Street Paducah-Louisville Railway Former—Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RAILROAD SYSTEM MICHAEL W. NAGLE Newton, KS 67114-2311 Southern Pacific, Chicago, St. Louis Railroad Company General Chairman Corporation Davenport, Rock Island & North Western DIVISION 6049 Seville Road JOHN B. GARRARD Former—Chicago, Missouri & Western Railway Company Duluth, MN 55811-9608 Assistant General Chairman (732) 525-8488 Railway Company Kansas City Terminal Railway Company (218) 729-9786 2221 250th Street SouthRail Corporation Keokuk Union Depot Cell: (218) 428-7246 Lincolnville, KS 66858-9833 (732) 525-8674 e-mail: [email protected] Terminal Railway, Alabama State Docks Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corp. (800) 344-2718 DAVID D. JOYNT ALAN CAPLE HAYWARD J. GRANIER General Chairman General Chairman (in NY, NJ, DE, CT, PA only) First Vice Chairman 1011 Paris Road, Suite 333 747 N. Burlington Avenue, Suite 312 525 Kenwood Avenue, Apt. 328 Fax: 732-525-8951 Mayfield, KY 42066 Hastings, NE 68901 Duluth, MN 55811-2157 BESSEMER & LAKE e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] JAMES R. SONNESON CHARLES L. SCHOLES ERIE SYSTEM ROBERT. I. NICKENS New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Second Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer First Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer 7934 East U.S. Highway 40 Vice General Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer Incorporated 5629 W. Arrowhead Road Effingham, IL 62401-7250 DIVISION 1142 East Burkitt Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Hermantown, MN 55811 (217) 536-5700 Sheridan, WY 82801-6601 Authority Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company (307) 674-4327 ELGIN, JOLIET & e-mail: [email protected] WILLIAM CAPIK MISSOURI PACIFIC J. R. CHURCHILL General Chairman EASTERN SYSTEM General Chairman TONY H. ARCHIBALD P.O. Box 127 SYSTEM FEDERATION 2425 Mercer-Butler Pike Vice General Chairman South Amboy, NJ 08879-0127 DIVISION Grove City, PA 16127-3523 415 North A Street (903) 758-7212 Albia, IA 52531-1258 ANTHONY J. MELE, JR. Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company Fax: 903-753-1855 THEODORE C. ENGSTROM, JR. (641) 932-3609 Vice Chairman Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer e-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 383 THOMAS LEGNER e-mail: mopacsf@ R.D. 1 Box 12A Albrightsville, PA 18210-0383 General Chairman Adamsville, PA 16110 DON E. WILLING 2212 Ardaugh Avenue cablelynx.com Vice General Chairman SEAN D. GERIE Crest Hill, IL 60435 406 N. Daviess Street Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer (815) 955-5354 Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railway Gallatin, MO 64640 P.O. Box 478 Company (660) 663-3995 Fax: 660-663-2995 Jim Thorpe, PA 18229-0478 JOHN WERR Arkansas Western Railway Company Cell: (402) 469-3810 Secretary-Treasurer Ashley, Drew & Northern Railway Company BURLINGTON e-mail: [email protected] 8630 Raintree Road Fort Smith & Van Buren Railway Company Tinley Park, IL 60477 Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Company NORTHERN SYSTEM CONSOLIDATED RAIL Kansas City Southern Railway Company CHICAGO & EASTERN Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company FEDERATION SYSTEM FEDERATION GREG PLUTA ILLINOIS SYSTEM Assistant Chairman Milwaukee-Kansas City Southern Joint (612) 332-7947 (419) 734-9811 444 E. Greening Road Agency DIVISION Chesterton, IN 46304 Port Terminal Railroad Association (Houston Fax: 612-332-6166 Fax: 419-734-7267 Union Pacific System (618) 548-0363 DAVID W. CHRISTIAN Former—Abilene & Southern Railway Burlington Northern Railroad Company e-mail: [email protected] Vice Chairman Company Former—Oregon Electric Railway Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad Fort Worth Belt Railway Company Union Pacific System 26 N. Hobart Road Oregon Trunk Railway Amtrak (Albany-Rensselaer, New York Area) Hobart, IN 46342-3356 Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Camas Prairie Railroad Former—Missouri Pacific Railroad Amtrak (Beech Grove, Indiana Shop) Railway Company Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway Company Amtrak (Boston MBTA Commuter District) Missouri-Illinois Railroad Company (former Chicago & Eastern Amtrak (Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Michigan FRISCO SYSTEM Company Longview, Portland and Northern Railway Illinois Railroad) City, Indiana Facilities) Missouri Pacific Railroad Company Consolidated Rail Corporation Shared Assets FEDERATION Company Montana Rail Link, Inc. LLOYD D. RILEY (Detroit, New Jersey, Philadelphia) New Orleans & Lower Coast Oregon, California & Eastern Railway General Chairman CSX Transportation, Inc. (918) 446-4677 Railroad Company Company 3626 Hotze Road Former—Consolidated Rail Lines (NYC) Fax: 918-446-2799 Union Terminal Railway Company Saint Paul Union Depot Salem, IL 62881 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad (St. Joesph, Missouri) Spokane International Railroad Company Grand Trunk Rail System e-mail: bmwe@ Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Willamina & Grand Ronde Railroad TOM CARTWRIGHT Guilford Transportation Industries Northwestern Railway Company Company Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer (Springfield Terminal Railway Company) sbcglobal.net 338 Azalea Lane Boston and Maine Corporation BILL R. PALMER BRUCE G. GLOVER Lowell, IN 46356 Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company Burlington Northern Railroad Company General Chairman General Chairman (219) 696-2848 Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company Former—Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway 324 West Whaley 510 1st Avenue North #206 e-mail: [email protected] Norfolk Southern Corporation Company P.O. Box 2767 Minneapolis, MN 55403-1609 Former—Consolidated Rail Lines (Penn St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Longview, TX 75606-2767 Central) Company (903) 758-7212 ROGER L. BOBBY CHICAGO, St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company Sand Springs Railway Company e-mail: [email protected] Vice Chairman-Secretary-Treasurer MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL 510 1st Avenue North #206 BRADLEY A. WINTER RICHARD C. SANDLIN GUY A. SACKETT Minneapolis, MN 55403-1609 & PACIFIC SYSTEM General Chairman General Chairman Assistant General Chairman/Secretary- 58 Grande Lake Drive 5043 South 33rd West Avenue Treasurer ALLEN R. HOHBEIN FEDERATION Suite 2 Suite 105 P.O. Box 681330 Vice General Chairman Port Clinton, OH 43452 Tulsa, OK 74107 Riverside, MO 64168 736 Custer Drive (763) 441-6355 (816) 584-0054 Mandan, ND 58554 Fax: 763-441-1741 MICHAEL D. FLOWERS DANA R. SCONYERS e-mail: [email protected] Assistant General Chairman Vice General Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer R. D. OSLER e-mail: markswimmer@ 402 East 1000 North 19496 S. 4094 Road MALCOLM B. DAVISON Vice General Chairman msn.com or bmwedus@ Alexandria, IN 46001 Claremore, OK 74019-1916 First Vice Chairman 4310 Whitefish Stage R P.O. Box 705 Whitefish, MT 59937-8346 aol.com JOHN W. GIBLIN, JR. CHARLES E. FORBES, JR. Independence, KS 67301-0705 First Vice Chairman Assistant General Chairman (620) 331-5189 Fax: 620-331-7957 DUANE L. MAIER Chicago South Shore and South Bend R.R. 9, Box 9401 1388 S.W. Heartwood Drive e-mail: [email protected] Vice General Chairman Railroad Moscow, PA 18444 Lee’s Summit, MO 64081 903 Pleasant Street Iowa Interstate Railroad L.T.D. Cell: (816) 289-1284 Fax: 816-600-5394 SCOTTY D. NISWONGER Miles City, MT 59301-3323 Northeast Illinois Railroad Corporation RICHARD M. McLEAN e-mail: [email protected] Second Vice Chairman (406) 234-0543 Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation Second Vice Chairman P.O. Box 264 Fax: 406-234-0544 District 30843 Dawson Street ILLINOIS CENTRAL Cabot, AR 72023-0264 Soo Line Railroad Company Garden City, MI 48135 (501) 843-8237 MARK J. WEYRAUCH Former—Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and GULF FEDERATION Vice General Chairman Pacific Railroad Company THOMAS J. NEMETH P.O. Box 101 Assistant General Chairman/ (270) 247-0600 MOUNTAIN & PLAINS Ray, ND 58849-0101 MARK S. WIMMER Secretary-Treasurer FEDERATION (701) 568-2693 General Chairman 4486 Emerson Road Fax: 270-247-0453 Fax: 701-568-2694 18921 York Street, N.W., Suite F South Euclid, OH 44121 e-mail: icgf@ (719) 473-5866 or Elk River, MN 55330-3001 MICHAEL J. GARISTO EDWARD W. LONG newwavecomm.net (719) 473-5868 Vice General Chairman JIM D. PETTY Assistant General Chairman Fax: 719-473-5863 PMB 225, 936 Peace Portal Drive Assistant General Chairman 3493 Webster Road Amtrak (New Orleans Union Passenger Blaine, WA 98230 P.O. Box 954 Fredonia, NY 14063 Terminal) e-mail: sahammond@ (604) 576-2168 115 Walnut Street (716) 672-6322 Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Company Fax: 604-576-2179 Wilton, IA 52778-0016 Cedar River Railroad qwest.net ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Burlington Northern Railroad Company DALE E. BOGART, JR. Canton Railroad Company LARRY L. WRIGHT CSX Transportation , Inc. SEABOARD Former—Colorado and Southern Railway Vice General Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer Second Vice Chairman Former—Consolidated Rail Corporation Company 417 E. Main Street, Apt. 2 FEDERATION 68 Caudle Lane Baltimore & Eastern Railroad Fort Worth and Denver Railway Owego, NY 13827-1657 Indiahoma, OK 73552-2247 Company Company (607) 687-5785 (800) 418-7223 Buffalo Creek Railroad Joint Texas Division of Chicago, Cell: (607) 725-6331 Ironton Railroad Company, the (904) 642-8076 Rock Island and Pacific Railroad e-mail: [email protected] SOUTHERN SYSTEM Company and Fort Worth and Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Fax: 904-642-7838 Denver Railway Company Penn Central-Pennsylvania DIVISION JOSEPH C. MATTIE Railroad Company, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Amtrak Vice General Chairman Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore (800) 537-2194 Company Former—Jacksonville Terminal Company 1215 Sherman Avenue Lines Colorado & Wyoming Railway Company CSX Transportation, Incorporated Fax: 865-671-1386 Hamden, CT 06514-1364 Monongahela Railway Company Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Former—Seaboard System Railroad, (203) 287-9737 Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company Incorporated e-mail: [email protected] Company Denver Union Terminal Railway Company Gainesville Midland Railroad Company JOHN P.TRACY Middle Fork Railroad Company Pueblo Union Depot & Railroad Company Port Everglades Railway CSX Transportation, Incorporated Vice General Chairman Former—Consolidated Rail Corporation Utah Railway Company Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company Former—Seaboard System Railroad, 563 Church Hill Road (See CSX Transportation, Inc.) (former-Seaboard Airline Railroad Incorporated Augusta, ME 04330-8214 Western Maryland Railway Company CHARLES M. MORGAN Company) Durham and Southern Railway General Chairman (207) 623-1468 Fax: 207-622-1834 Company e-mail: [email protected] Florida East Coast Railway 3009 W. Colorado Avenue, Suite C-1 JED DODD Norfolk Southern Corporation Norfolk Southern Corporation Colorado Springs, CO 80904 General Chairperson Southern Railway Company Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company e-mail: [email protected] DAVID A. CONNER 121 North Broad Street, Suite 503 Former—Piedmont and Northern Railway Assistant General Chairman Former—Carolina & Northwestern Philadelphia, PA 19107 Railway Company Company MANUEL MEDINA P.O. Box 205 [email protected] Southern Railway Company Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer Belgrade, ME 04917-0205 JAMES D. KNIGHT Former—Alabama Great Southern Railroad 3009 W. Colorado Avenue, Suite C-1 (207) 397-2844 Company KEVIN HUSSEY General Chairman Colorado Springs, CO 80904 e-mail: [email protected] Atlantic and East Carolina Vice Chairperson 2153 Broadwater Drive e-mail: [email protected] Railway Company 12 Steinhardt Avenue Jacksonville, FL 32225 KENNETH E. HERRINGTON Old Bridge, NJ 08857-9672 Central of Georgia Railroad Assistant General Chairman (732) 251-8486 Fax: 732-251-6460 T. TAYLOR Company NICKEL PLATE- 36 Walnut Street e-mail: [email protected] Chattanooga Traction Company Mechanicville, NY 12118-1040 Vice Chairman Cincinnati, New Orleans and WHEELING & LAKE (518) 664-3557 2153 Broadwater Drive Texas Pacific Railway Company WILLIAM K. MANNING Jacksonville, FL 32225 ERIE FEDERATION e-mail: [email protected] Vice Chairperson Georgia Northern Railway P.O. Box 285 VACANT Georgia Southern and Florida (419) 693-3801 MICHAEL B. CARTER Prospect Park, PA 19076-0285 Railway Company Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer Assistant General Chairman (610) 461-8641 Fax: 610-461-0422 Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Fax: 419-693-4227 32 N. Cobble Hill Road e-mail: [email protected] Railroad Company Warwick, RI 02886-9307 Live Oak, Perry and South Grand Trunk Rail System (401) 886-4747 SOO LINE SYSTEM Georgia Railway Company Former—Detroit, Toledo and Ironton GEORGE C. DAVIDSON e-mail: [email protected] Louisiana Southern Railway Railroad Company Vice Chairperson-Secretary-Treasurer DIVISION Company Detroit and Toledo Shore Line P.O. Box 2408 New Orleans Terminal Company Railroad Company Aston, PA 19014-2408 (612) 869-2419 Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Norfolk Southern Corporation PACIFIC FEDERATION (610) 485-4365 Fax: 612-869-7641 Railway Company Former—Akron, Canton & Youngstown Fax: 610-485-4369 (916) 444-0943 Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Company e-mail: [email protected] Ahnapee and Western Railway Company Railway Company Lorain & West Virginia Railway Fox River Valley Railroad Fax: 916-444-2659 Tennessee Railway Company Company C. T. BURKINDINE Green Bay and Western Railroad Company Amtrak Valdosta Southern Railroad New York, Chicago & St. Louis Vice Chairperson Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad Former—Los Angeles Union Passenger VAE Nortrak - Birmingham, AL Plant Railroad Company, including 7936 Kavanagh Road Company Terminal Nickel Plate, Lake Erie and Baltimore, MD 21222 Soo Line Railroad Company Amtrak (Mechanical Facility, Los Angeles Western and Clover Leaf (410) 282-5194 Former—Minneapolis, Northfield and GARY L. COX California) Districts, and Wheeling & Lake Fax: 410-288-2768 Southern Railway, Incorporated General Chairman Central California Traction Company Erie District e-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 24068 Harbor Belt Line Railroad Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Company GENE A. BELL Knoxville, TN 37933-2068 McCloud River Railroad CHARLES W. HANSLER General Chairman e-mail: [email protected] PAUL R. BEARD Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company 6210 Sheridan Avenue, South Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad Company Vice Chairperson General Chairman Richfield, MN 55423 S. J. ALEXANDER San Diego & Arizona Eastern Transportation 149 Andreas Road 2665 Navarre Avenue, Suite A Vice Chairman Company Andreas, PA 18211-9507 Oregon, OH 43616 JACE R. HAGEN 10724 Plum Creek Drive Sierra Railroad Company (570) 386-1155 e-mail: [email protected] Assistant General Chairman/Secretary- Knoxville, TN 37922-1933 Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Fax: 570-386-2811 Treasurer THOMAS M. MULFORD Western Lines e-mail: [email protected] 3901 29th Avenue, South M. L. SELLERS Former—Pacific Lines Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer Minneapolis, MN 55406 Assistant Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad 2665 Navarre Avenue, Suite A C. PERRY RAPIER (612) 722-2648 P.O. Box 285 Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad Oregon, OH 43616 Vice Chairperson Menlo, GA 30731-0285 Union Pacific System 1857 State Route 571 West TROY A. BLUMHAGEN Former—Sacramento Northern Railway JEFFERY J. BAINTER Greenville, OH 45331 Vice Chairman Tidewater Southern Railway Assistant General Chairman (937) 968-3087 P.O. Box 54 SOUTHWESTERN Company 300 North Bliss Avenue Fax: 937-968-3268 Velva, SD 58790-0054 Western Pacific Railroad FEDERATION Muncie, IN 47304 e-mail: [email protected] (701) 338-2068 Company Valley & Siletz Railroad Company (620) 251-5493 TIM HOFFMAN WAYDE T. AMES SOUTHERN PACIFIC Assistant General Chairman LOUIS R. BELOW Vice Chairperson Fax: 620-251-6004 36512 Derby Downs Drive 3461 East Mississinewa Road General Chairman ATLANTIC Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Solon, OH 44139-2656 Peru, IN 46970 510 8th Street Company (765) 473-7349 Sacramento, CA 95814-1206 FEDERATION Galveston Wharves Fax: 765-472-4813 (916) 444-0943, Ext. 306 Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company NORTHEASTERN e-mail: [email protected] (281) 812-4443 Fax: 916-444-2659 Texas City Terminal Railway Company SYSTEM FEDERATION e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 281-540-4435 DONALD J. TREDENT LARRY L. FOSTER Amtrak (Northeast Corridor) Vice Chairperson Amtrak (South Station, Boston, JOHN VILLALOBOS El Dorado and Wesson Railway General Chairman Vice Chairman 537 Allen Avenue Louisiana and North West Railroad Company 1470 B CR 5160 Massachusetts) Ashtabula, OH 44004-2533 Aroostook Valley Railroad Company 510 8th Street Mid-Louisiana Rail Corporation Coffeyville, KS 67337-8302 Sacramento, CA 95814-1206 (440) 964-9569 Fax: 866-420-0960 New Orleans Public Belt Railroad e-mail: [email protected] Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company e-mail: [email protected] CSX Transportation, Incorporation (916) 444-0943, Ext. 305 Oklahoma-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company Former—Consolidated Rail Corporation St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company TERRY D. WILLIAMS Former—New York Connecting Railroad JAIME T. MARQUEZ ANTHONY ROCHON Southern Pacific Transportation Company Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer Penn Central—New York, New Assistant Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer Vice Chairperson Eastern Lines 810 South D Street Haven and Hartford Railroad 6056 Strahan Road P.O. Box 5267 Former—Texas & Louisiana Lines McAlester, OK 74501-6119 Company El Paso, TX 79932-1712 Upper Marlboro, MD 20775-1267 Texas-Mexican Railway Company (918) 429-1893 Delaware & Hudson Railway Company (916) 444-0943, Ext. 303 (301) 336-9442 Fax: 301-336-3895 Guilford Transportation Industries e-mail: [email protected] JEFFREY T. FINCH (Springfield Terminal Railway Company), General Chairman UNIFIED SYSTEM Main Central Railroad Company, PENNSYLVANIA LEROY PROSSER 514 E. Main Street DIVISION Portland Terminal Company FEDERATION Vice Chairperson Humble, TX 77338 Lamoille Valley Railroad Company 507 Sugar Street (888) 875-2693 or Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railroad (215) 569-1285 Gallitzin, PA 16641 DANNY BAISEY New York, Susquehanna and Western (814) 886-7033 Fax: 814-886-7036 Assistant General Chairman/Secretary- (800) 525-1833 Railroad Corporatio Fax: 215-569-0676 e-mail: [email protected] Treasurer (307) 787-7058 or 514 E. Main Street STUART A. HURLBURT, JR. www.pennfedbmwe.org STEVE STEARN Humble, TX 77338 (307) 787-7059 General Chairman Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad Company Vice Chairperson Fax: 307-787-3100 135 Mick Lane Amtrak P.O. Box 223 W. G. FOEHR Oneonta, NY 13820-4316 Former—Penn Central Perryville, MD 21903 First Vice Chairman Belt Railway Company of Chicago (607) 988-7416 Fax: 607-988-9358 Chicago Union Station Company (410) 939-4346 Fax: 410-939-3275 514 E. 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Former—Chicago Great Western Railway W. E. MORROW CHARLES R. HOGUE DAVID R. SCOVILLE WISCONSIN CENTRAL Company General Chairman Vice Chairman Vice Chairman Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & P.O. Box 850 P.O. Box 2290 P.O. Box 850 SYSTEM DIVISION Omaha Railway Company Lyman, WY 82937 White Salmon, WA 98672-2290 Lyman, WY 82937 Fort Dodge, Des Moines & (800) 525-1833 or (307) 787-7058 (888) 827-2693 or (509) 493-4901 (888) 875-2693 or (307) 787-7058 (902) 494-2693 Southern Railway Company Fax: 307-787-3100 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 902-494-2694 Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway e-mail: [email protected] Company BILL C. JORDE STANLEY W. WALDEIER e-mail: brothersbmwe@ Minneapolis Industrial Railway KENT L. BUSHMAN Vice Chairman Vice Chairman Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad First Vice Chairman/Secretary-Treasurer 244 Dessa Lane 1717 Parkhill Drive sbcglobal.net Company 28151 Buena Vista Drive S. St. Paul, MN 55075-1713 Norwalk, IA 50211 Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Rock Falls, IL 61071 (651) 552-8925 Fax: 651-552-8940 (515) 981-0596 Fax: 515-981-9680 JOSEPH LETIZIA Company (815) 626-6636 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] General Chairman Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company Fax: 815-626-3297 205 Gray Street Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Company e-mail: [email protected] RODNEY D. MULDER Green Bay, WI 41303 Portland Terminal Railroad Company Vice Chairman Cell: (715) 572-7127 South Omaha Terminal Railway Company 4705 Dover Drive Union Pacific System D. JOE DEAN Ames, IA 50014 THOMAS DAFFINSON Former—Mount Hood Railway Company Assistant Chairman (515) 292-7691 Fax: 515-292-1034 Second Vice Chairman Union Pacific Railroad P.O. Box 850 e-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 413 Yakima Valley Transportation Lyman, WY 82937 (800) 525-1833 or (307) 787-7058 Osseo, WI 54758-0413 Company (715) 597-2611 VAE Nortrak - Cheyenne, WY Plant e-mail: [email protected]

STATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTORS

ALABAMA GEORGIA MAINE NEBRASKA OHIO TEXAS JAMES TERRY FRANKS MARCUS HOOD JOHN P. TRACY SPENCER MORRISSEY THOMAS J. NEMETH JIMMY K. OLIVER 361 8th Avenue East 3470 Georgia Highway 15 North 563 Church Hill Road P.O. Box 156 4486 Emerson Road 127 Cottage Road Guin, AL 35563 Warthen, GA 31094 Augusta, ME 04330-8214 548 Jackson S. Euclid, OH 44121 Carthage, TX 75633 (205) 269-5720 (478) 552-0727 (207) 623-1468 Tecumseh, NE 68450 (216) 382-7122 Cell: (903) 241-6100 Fax:207-622-1834 (402) 335-2181 Fax: (216) 382-5583 Fax: 903-693-5069 ARIZONA IDAHO Fax: 402-335-4021 GREGORY S. KREIE DENIS A. WHITE MARYLAND OKLAHOMA UTAH 10 G Street, N.E., Suite 460 3555 Beverly Street VACANT NEVADA VACANT EVERETT H. JOHNS Washington, DC 20002 Boise, ID 83709 DONALD R. LARSON P.O. Box 389 (202) 638-2135 (208) 362-1653 P.O. Box 801 Helper, UT 84526 Fax: 202-737-3085 Wells, NV 89835 (435) 472-5725 ILLINOIS (775) 752-2505 ARKANSAS ROBERT L. ALMAGUER MASSACHUSETTS OREGON VERMONT JAMES L. ANDERSON 114 South G Street JAMES A. TEAGUE NEW HAMPSHIRE MIKE GEKAS VACANT 5312 Trammel Drive Monmouth, IL 61462-1567 22 Rhodora Street CALVIN R. PRESTON P.O. Box 1658 Jonesboro, AR 72404 (309) 734-5979 Lowell, MA 01851 129 Mountain Road LaGrande, OR 97850 VIRGINIA (870) 932-0769 (978) 937-8226 Epsom, NH 03234 (541) 962-0258 GREGORY L. MARSTON Fax: 870-932-0769 INDIANA (603) 736-9949 400 Melody Lane JEFFREY J. BAINTER MICHIGAN PENNSYLVANIA Crewe, VA 23930-1066 CALIFORNIA 300 N. Bliss Avenue ARCHIE LHAMON NEW JERSEY WILLIAM K. MANNING (434) 645-7496 FREDERICK W. HUGG Muncie, IN 47304 55647 Giddings Court KEVIN HUSSEY P.O. Box 285 Fax: 434-645-1859 3635 Charqui Court (765) 759-7580 Mattawan, MI 49071 12 Steinhardt Avenue Prospect Park, PA 19076-0285 Oroville, CA 95965 Fax: 765-759-7580 (269) 668-4360 Old Bridge, NJ 08857 (610) 461-8641 WASHINGTON (530) 534-4844 (732) 251-8486 Fax: 610-461-0422 STEVE INCE e-mail: [email protected] IOWA MINNESOTA Fax: (732) 251-6460 3820 Pioneer Highway RON HOFFMAN VACANT RHODE ISLAND Stanwood, WA 98292 COLORADO 1607 9th Avenue, S.W. NEW MEXICO MICHAEL BESSETTE (425) 754-4970 VACANT Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 TIM L. FUNK 14 Crestwood Court (319) 364-2180 7416 Sidewinder Drive, N.E. Cumberland, RI 02864 WEST VIRGINIA Fax: 319-286-8753 Albuquerque, NM 87113-1298 (401) 333-3378 DANA D. BOOTH MISSISSIPPI (505) 892-2895 Fax: (401) 721-3017 P.O. Box 411 KANSAS MURPHY EVANS, JR. Fax: 505-896-1553 310 1/2 Pike Street, P.O. Box 411 SEAN T. O’BRIEN 2405 Whitetail Circle SOUTH CAROLINA Belington, WV 26250 CONNECTICUT 3116 E. 55th Street, South West Point, MS 39773 NEW YORK BRYANT D. MOSES (304) 823-2054 WILLIAM H. SPEER, JR. Derby, KS 67037 (662) 494-8592 ROBERT M. WINTER 705 S. Church Street 41A Cutler Street (316) 788-2827 5590 Robinson Road Florence, SC 29506 WISCONSIN Groton, CT 06340 MISSOURI Sodus, , NY 14551-9702 (843) 669-8177 MICHAEL J. KOZIARA (860) 405-0500 KENTUCKY CHARLES E. FORBES, JR. (315) 483-4324 909 Eastwood Street MARK R. MCCARTY 1388 S.W. Heartwood Drive SOUTH DAKOTA Holmen, WI 54636 DELAWARE 4003 Rudy Martin Drive Lee’s Summit, MO 64081 NORTH CAROLINA JOSEPH J. KRALJIC Cell: (608) 317-9755 GUY DOUGLAS Owensboro, KY 42301-6646 (816) 600-5394 PHILLIP L. SHEARIN 220 S. Prairie 7 Berwick Court (270) 929-7930 Fax: 816-600-5394 9 Van Buren Lane Sioux Falls, SD 57104 WYOMING Newark, DE 19702 e-mail: [email protected] Pinehurst, NC 28374 (605) 334-7626 Kristina Delgado (302) 836-0662 LOUISIANA (910) 255-0754 P.O. Box 1761 JACK W. MYERS MONTANA TENNESSEE Casper, WY 82602 FLORIDA 6827 N. University Avenue LYLE LAMBERT NORTH DAKOTA ANDREW H. SHELTON (307) 234-6510 WILLIAM L. GLISSON Carencro, LA 70520-5244 Box 66 DOUGLAS M. ERHART 613 Myatt Street 2201 Greenhills Drive Bainville, MT 59212 1203 - 27th Street, N.W. Smyrna, TN 37167 Valrico, FL 33594 (406) 769-2611 Mandan, ND 58554 (615) 220-3463 (813) 426-5338 (701) 663-1633 Fax: 701-663-5714

Effective January 1, 2005, following the BMWE merger with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) We became the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) Of the IBT Our National Division (formerly Grand Lodge) Headquarters will remain in Southfield, Michigan at the same address: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division 20300 Civic Center Drive, Suite 320, Southfield, Michigan 48076-4169 In addition, please note: Our telephone, extensions, fax numbers and email addresses will remain the same: 248-948-1010 • 248-948-7150 (fax)

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nyone who works for a living and is not independently wealthy knows that this Acountry is in a health care crisis. Workers fortunate enough to have union- negotiated, employer-provided, health care plans are shouldering more of the cost of coverage through cost sharing and higher deductibles. Ironically, these workers are considered the lucky ones. And it is these workers, inclusive of rail workers, whose health care coverage is under attack by employers and the White House. There are over 47 million Americans without any health care coverage, and many times that number are covered by substandard health care plans. For over a decade, Perry K. Geller, Sr. U.S. based industries have been relocating overseas to escape the high cost of

providing health care to U.S. workers, know when the doctor has prescribed The key to the health care crisis race to the bottom of the health care and workers have been forced into a costly and/or unnecessary proce- in this country is not reducing the ladder. It would destroy the current substandard health care plans in dure. coverage of those who have “good” employer-based system of health order to keep their jobs and reduce In the words of Vice President health insurance. The key to the care coverage while offering no gen- their cost sharing burden. Cheney, this is “hogwash.” What will crisis is to provide “good” health uine alternative for replacing it. To address the health care crisis in actually happen is that people will not insurance to those who do not have Members can rest assured that the America, our country must move seek medical care because it will cost it and by providing tax incentives BMWED and all of Organized Labor towards universal health care for all them substantially more out of pocket. to employers who provide “good” are watching this issue closely and Americans. But what we now see Of course, people still will get sick health care coverage to their will do everything necessary to derail coming from the Bush White House is and eventually will need medical employees. this ill-conceived White House plan to a plan to tax the health care benefits treatment of neglected ailments. For working people and the poor, “cure” the health care crisis in of millions Americans who receive As anyone who studies health care the Bush plan is nothing more than a America. decent group health insurance costs will tell you, the cost of treat- benefits through their employer. ment goes up exponentially when Basically, the recently announced you treat advanced disease rather BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYES DIVISION-IBT Bush plan would place a cap on the than engage in preventive care. FRINGE BENEFITS AS OF JANUARY 1, 2007 current tax-free benefits for health Thus, catastrophic illnesses under care, thereby imposing a “benefit tax” the president’s plan will not be paid (Benefits include Rates for National Benefit Plans & Cost of Railroad Payroll Tax) on those workers who are lucky for by low cost insurance; it will be enough to have good health care paid for out of the pockets of the ill COST PER MONTH plans. and injured and healthcare costs will FRINGE BENEFITS PER ACTIVE EMPLOYEE Interestingly, a large percentage continue to rise. of workers who have “good” health The Bush plan would put quality Health Insurance Benefits (GA-23000) $ 1,097.66 care coverage are represented by employer-provided health care in Early Retiree Major Medical Coverage (GA-4600) 89.06 unions who collectively bargain jeopardy and force workers to accept “good” coverage for their members. less coverage in order to stay under Dental Insurance (GP-1200) 47.14 Of course, these benefits always the taxable benefit cap. The end Supplemental Sickness Insurance Benefits (GP-7000) 36.06 come with a price and unions and result would be that employers will their members often give something benefit by using the “tax incentive” National Vision Plan 10.70 of value, either higher wage in- argument to move their workers into Off-Track Vehicle Coverage1 .45 creases or work rules, in exchange lower value (i.e., lower cost) health for maintaining “good” health care care plans. Sick and injured workers Railroad Unemployment Insurance Tax: benefits as part of a collective bar- with low and moderate incomes will Minimum 2.15% of first $1,230.00 26.45 gaining agreement. Under the Bush pay the highest price for this scheme Railroad Retirement Tax Rates: plan, however, union members will because they will be forced to cover Tier I: Base (Annual) $97,500.00 Rate 6.20% now be forced to pay an additional more uninsured medical costs out of Based on monthly earnings of $3,000 186.00 price for health care coverage in the pocket. form of a benefits tax. Under the Bush plan, the rich and Tier II: Base (Annual $72,600.00 Rate 12.10% The Bush plan is premised upon well off will easily be able to afford to Based on monthly earnings of $3,000 363.00 the mistaken belief that the key to the pay the taxes on their “Cadillac Health Medicare Rate: 1.45% health care crisis is to reduce the Care Plans.” So they will have the Based on monthly earnings of $3,000 43.50 overall cost of health care by moving best coverage while paying nominal people from “good” health care plans taxes as a percentage of income. Total Cost per Month per Active Employee2 $1,900.02 into inferior health care plans that Middle class workers fortunate cost the employee and his family enough to maintain “quality health 1 The cost of coverage differs for railroads not covered under the terms of the National more to use. This perverted idea care plans” will pay a high rate of tax Agreement. The rates per employee, per month are Part 1: Accidental Death & Dis- assumes that people in need of on their health care coverage as a memberment & Loss of Time = $1.05 PEPM; Part 2: Accidental Death & Dismemberment health services will become “educated percentage of their income. And low Only = $.80 PEPM. Rates for railroads subject to the National Agreement = $.45 PEPM. For the purpose of figuring this report, the $.45 PEPM figure will be used. consumers” of health care. In other wage earners and the unemployed words, President Bush and his will still be unable to afford any health 2 This figure does not reflect amounts for vacation, holidays, personal days, bereavement leave cronies apparently believe that the care because the “tax break” they will and jury duty, since their value would have to be based upon each employee’s rate of pay for average working American should receive under the Bush plan will not the appropriate period of time involved. know as much about medical care as be nearly enough to allow them to the doctors who provide it and will buy health care coverage.

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Keith E. Chilson N E 1632 1976 James P. Pannell CRSD 2910 1976 Russell L. Neverve BURL 1214 1980 Donald J. Claus BURL 1214 1975 Timothy J. Penner BURNOR 0144 1976 Steve J. Newlon BURL 1214 1977 ROLL OF Joe M. Claussen BURL 1832 1976 Arlen R. Peterson BURL 1214 1973 Jeffrey S. Osterman BURL 1214 1979 Raymond P. Cleto N E 1718 1976 Larry W. Pilcher SOU 0636 1976 H. D. Oxendine SOU 0619 1986 Edward R. Cline BURL 1832 1974 Jerry C. Pittman BURL 1214 1976 Thomas L. Pamplin BURL 1214 1979 Jim R. Close BURL 1832 1976 Vick J. Pollow BURNOR 1426 1976 Donald K. Paulson BURL 1214 1978 Randy L. Coble BURL 1214 1976 James S. Pumphery SOU 0636 1973 Leroy G. Paulson BURL 2852 1981 HONOR Steve P. Conradt BURL 1320 1976 Scott A. Rabe USD-NW 1071 1976 Barry L. Pedersen BURL 1214 1977 James P. Cottrell BURL 1832 1976 Albert J. Radke BURL 1320 1973 Arnold R. Platek BURL 1214 1977 Dennis L. Craft BURL 1214 1973 Lynn A. Rakes BURL 1214 1974 Wayne F. Pohlmeier BURL 1214 1978 Roger L. Craichy BURL 1214 1977 John M. Reightmyer N E 1368 1976 Randall M. Pokorney BURL 1214 1978 John V. Cramer BURL 1214 1976 Louis W. Ribble AEF 0698 1973 Mike J. Portenier BURL 1214 1977 David W. Crinklaw BURL 2852 1976 Robert L. Ritterbeck PENN 3061 1976 Ramon C. Ramos BURL 1214 1978 Barry E. Cummins PENN 3061 1976 Louis T. Roberto CRSD 2910 1976 Richard R. Remington BURL 1214 1979 Doug A. Davis BURL 1214 1976 Elmer D. Robinson Jr BURL 1214 1968 David A. Roth BURL 1214 1978 Joseph L. De Gregorio N E 1718 1976 William D. Rogerson BURNOR 1426 1976 Pat SidesBURL 1214 1979 year Guadalupe Diaz AT&SF 2412 1976 David J. Rooker BURL 1832 1976 Allen J. Smith BURL 1214 1979 Patrick G. Dinneen BURL 1832 1974 Louis J. Sacher PENN 3061 1976 Jerry L. Stagemeyer BURL 1214 1980 Neil O. Dodson BURL 2852 1976 Monte W. Sailors BURL 1320 1976 Michael A. Stevens BURL 1214 1979 60 Mark S. Douglas BURL 1832 1976 Josef M. Schmuker AEF 0698 1974 Brian A. Sullens BURL 1214 1979 MERIT AWARDS Charles E. Eastham BURL 1320 1976 Timothy Schramm CRSD 2910 1976 Kevin L. Suminski BURL 1214 1978 Dennis D. Eckhardt BURL 1214 1973 R. L. Schuldt BURL 1832 1976 Pat L. Walton BURL 1214 1980 LODGE MEMBER Rodney G. Ehmen BURL 1320 1975 Rodney R. Scott BURL 1214 1971 Elijah H. Williams SOU 0619 1980 NAME SYSTEM NUMBER SINCE Thomas A. Ekwall BURL 1320 1976 Ronald L. Sedersten BURL 1214 1975 Jay D. Williamson BURL 1214 1978 Alvin O. Anderson BURL 1320 1938 Arthur A. Escamilla PACFED 0875 1973 Marcy R. Shadley BURL 1214 1976 Billy R. Wilson BURL 1214 1979 J. C. Baxter SOU 0636 1946 Sebastian J. Fiacco CRSF 0910 1977 Randy G. Shaffer BURL 2852 1976 W. E. Cook SOU 0636 1944 Terance V. Filbin BURL 1214 1973 Elva D. Sheets BURL 1832 1974 Herbert Harris SOU 0636 1946 Douglas R. Fisk BURL 1214 1973 Steven K. Shuck BURL 1214 1975 Sam A. Helzer BURL 1320 1937 Sherman D. Fitch BURL 1214 1974 Donald J. Sinnott BURL 1832 1976 Lonnie Muse SOU 0636 1942 Travis Ford Bey CRSD 2910 1976 Thurmond S. Six AEF 0698 1975 E. Sizemore SOU 0636 1942 Lonny R. Foster BURL 1214 1976 Richard D. Smalley BURL 1214 1975 Elzie Sluder SOU 0636 1938 Larry J. Fountain BURL 1320 1976 Charles E. Smith C&EI 1003 1976 Carl W. Slusher BURL 1320 1942 Michael E. Fowler BURL 1832 1974 Gerald R. Spencer BURL 1214 1975 year Robert P. Woods BURL 1320 1946 Larry J. Freeman AEF 0698 1970 James N. Stewart BURL 1320 1969 Larry J. Freeman AEF 0698 1970 Kenneth W. Stewart BURL 1320 1967 Ruben O. Garcia SP ATL 0644 1970 William P. Stickney BURL 1320 1975 10 Danny L. Garner BURL 1214 1973 David R. Strube BURNOR 1426 1976 MERIT AWARDS Danny L. Geiger BURL 1320 1975 John J. Suarez BURL 1320 1976 Justin Gericke BURL 1214 1994 Bruce D. Vandergriend BURL 1320 1976 Ronald B. German BURL 1320 1975 Tracy L. Vanderpool N E 1632 1976 LODGE MEMBER year Michael F. Gettert BURL 2852 1976 Matt K. Vaughn BURL 1320 1975 NAME SYSTEM NUMBER SINCE Bill R. Gibson CRSD 2910 1976 Michael E. Verbeck BURL 1214 1975 Tony D. Barber SP ATL 1137 1996 50 Frederick G. Goff BURL 1320 1976 Thomas Vincelette N E 1323 1976 Nathan W. Barker USD-NW 0342 1996 Timothy L. Green BURL 1320 1976 Jon A. Welch BURL 1832 1974 T. W. Beatty SOU 0636 1996 MERIT AWARDS Ronald L. Grube BURL 1214 1967 Jack E. Werger BURL 1320 1976 Travis L. Boston BURNOR 1426 1996 Michael E. Haberer BURL 1214 1974 Vance W. West BURL 1320 1975 William C. Braden USD-NW 1152 1996 LODGE MEMBER S. R. Haggard SOU 0636 1976 Clarence D. Whitaker AEF 0698 1970 James E. Bradley BURL 1832 1994 NAME SYSTEM NUMBER SINCE David A. Halte BURL 1214 1975 Calvin G. Wiemers ICGF 0626 1976 J. F. Bugg SOU 0636 1995 Elvis Briley BURNOR 1426 1956 Rex I. Hanna III BURL 1214 1973 Jerry W. Willey BURL 1214 1976 Ronald R. Burhoop BURL 1320 1992 Clayton Segraves SOU 0636 1948 Randy N. Hardin BURL 1214 1974 Gary L. Williams BURL 1214 1974 Brian R. Cain USD-NW 1097 1996 Pat A. Hayek BURL 1214 1976 Alvin D. Winkelman BURL 1214 1974 Jose J. Covarrubias BURL 1320 1996 Ronald L. Hayes BURL 1214 1970 Louis R. Yacovino Jr CRSD 2910 1976 Thomas W. Daniel BURL 1320 1996 Harvey D. Herrick BURL 1214 1973 Floyd E. Zeimet BURL 2852 1976 Lowell F. Divoll BURL 1320 1992 Del L. Hindman USD-W 0899 1976 David A. Zlomke BURL 1214 1975 Daniel J. Doddema USD-NW 0437 1996 Gary D. Hinz BURL 1214 1976 Terry L. Doiel BURL 1320 1994 Robert A. Holste BURL 1214 1972 James A. Emmerson USD-NW 0342 1996 year Dennis O. Horn BURL 1832 1976 Mark E. Erdman BURNOR 1426 1996 Johnathan D. Horn BURL 1832 1974 Jason D. Frerichs USD-NW 0700 1996 40 John W. Hughes BURL 1214 1970 Troy D. Galavez BURL 1214 1995 MERIT AWARDS Ronald D. Jensen BURL 1214 1974 J. L. Garrett SOU 0636 1995 Herman Johnson PENN 3063 1973 Chad S. Gordon BURNOR 1426 1996 LODGE MEMBER Larry W. Jones BURL 1214 1974 year William E. Hanke BURL 1214 1992 NAME SYSTEM NUMBER SINCE David D. Joynt BURL 1214 1974 Harold K. Henderson SOU 0636 1995 A. E. Judge BURL 1832 1974 Chad D. Hilbers BURL 1320 1992 John E. Anderson BURL 1214 1959 20 Daniel S. Judge BURL 1832 1976 Jerry C. Hilton USD-NW 1788 1996 Louis E. Anderson BURL 1214 1959 MERIT AWARDS Ronnie D. Karash BURL 1214 1972 Victor E. Hoggins BURL 1320 1996 M. W. Bushong BURNOR 1426 1966 Lawrence D. Kelly BURL 1214 1973 Woodson L. Holt SOU 0636 1996 Dennis D. Loveland BURNOR 1426 1966 Andrew Klemash Jr N E 1551 1974 LODGE MEMBER John D. Horton USD-W 0899 1996 B. J. Stephens SOU 0636 1963 Ray P. Kluck BURL 1320 1976 NAME SYSTEM NUMBER SINCE Jason B. Ingison BURNOR 1426 1996 Larry D. Taylor USD-NW 1097 1966 Ronald M. Koch BURL 1214 1974 Neil L. Anderson BURL 1214 1979 Christian T. Johnson BURL 1214 1993 Tom J. Konen BURL 1214 1976 Richard C. Blau BURL 1214 1979 Michael M. Kline BURL 2852 1995 Gregory A. Koski USD-NW 0692 1976 Glenn L. Boltz BURL 1214 1977 Tom L. Kovar BURL 1320 1994 Clarence E. Kraber BURL 1832 1976 Walter W. Dieken Jr BURL 1214 1977 Bradley G. Leuze BURNOR 1426 1996 Monte D. Lemkau BURL 1214 1974 Irving C. Douglas BURL 1214 1979 Jackie D. Lowery SOU 0636 1995 Douglas L. Linner BURL 1214 1973 Paul S. Dubas BURL 1214 1979 Clinton D. Martin BURL 1832 1994 year Frank E. Lipka N E 1743 1976 Fred E. Dunning BURL 1832 1979 Adel Martinez BURL 1320 1996 Jerry A. Lonn BURL 1214 1974 David V. Ekwall BURL 1214 1981 Juan Martinez BURL 1320 1992 30 Kip L. Lytle BURL 1214 1973 Russell J. Faber BURL 1214 1977 Howard R. Matson BURL 1214 1993 Duane Majors BURL 1214 1974 Vernon L. Fielder BURL 1214 1977 David D. Menze BURL 1214 1992 MERIT AWARDS Michael B. Maloney BURL 1320 1976 Ronald E. Foster BURL 1214 1979 Benjamin Mireles USD-NW 1152 1996 Steve C. Martin BURL 1214 1975 Leo A. Garniss BURL 1214 1980 Michael T. Muirhead BURL 1214 1994 LODGE MEMBER William J. Martinko CRSF 1657 1976 James C. Gleason BURL 1214 1978 Daniel J. Murphy BURL 1320 1994 NAME SYSTEM NUMBER SINCE Robert K. Mason BURL 1320 1975 Monte D. Hazen BURL 1214 1978 J. A. Neal SP ATL 1137 1996 William F. Adams BURL 1214 1974 Jacob E. Mathis Jr AEF 0698 1976 Dennis R. Hiatt BURL 1214 1979 Timothy C. O’ Malley USD-NW 0510 1996 Harry G. Adner Jr CRSF 0910 1977 David R. Mc Cord AEF 0698 1976 Douglas J. Hiatt BURL 1214 1979 Andrew C. Olivetti BURL 1320 1993 Kenneth E. Akset BURL 1214 1970 Dana L. Mc Crery AEF 0698 1973 Stephen A. Hrenchir BURL 1320 1979 David R. Paz BURL 1214 1992 Ronald D. Andersen USD-NW 1757 1976 James E. Mc Dill BURL 2852 1976 Michael L. Jacobsen BURL 1214 1977 John M. Paz BURL 1214 1993 M. S. Anderson BURL 2852 1976 Richard L. Melsheimer USD-NW 0410 1976 Robert A. Johnson BURL 1214 1977 Hector M. Pelayo BURL 1320 1993 Roger J. Bartunek BURL 1214 1974 Richard E. Merritt BURL 1320 1972 Stephen T. Joyce BURL 1214 1977 Marcial Perez BURL 1320 1994 Arden R. Beach BURL 1214 1976 Josif Milevski EJ&E 0463 1976 James R. Karash BURL 1214 1979 A. Prieto EJ&E 0463 1996 Robert R. Beeler BURL 1832 1976 Delbert L. Miller AEF 0698 1970 David E. Karp BURL 1214 1978 Mario Ramos USD-W 0899 1996 Steve L. Bickford BURL 2852 1976 Lyle R. Miller BURL 1320 1976 Stephen J. Kehler BURL 1214 1979 J. M. Rogers SP ATL 1137 1996 Donald J. Biggs BURL 1320 1976 Lynn R. Miller BURL 1320 1976 James R. Kogl BURL 1214 1977 James J. Scherer BURL 1214 1995 Lawrence W. Blaine BURL 1832 1976 Douglas A. Mohnike BURL 1320 1975 Clair C. Kramer BURL 1214 1980 Andrew D. Schliz USD-W 0899 1996 John E. Blazina BURL 1832 1976 James L. Mohnike BURL 1214 1975 Lynn P. La Shomb CRSF 0910 1977 D. C. Shapley EJ&E 0463 1996 Carl J. Bohrman BURL 1832 1974 Dan G. Monohon BURL 1832 1976 Brett A. Longsine BURL 1214 1981 Jeffrey G. Simanek BURL 1320 1994 Raymond Brennan BURL 1320 1974 James M. Nekuda BURL 2852 1976 Marc R. Longsine BURL 1214 1981 Steve W. Smith BURL 1832 1994 Robert F. Briney BURL 1320 1975 Paul Newcomb N E 1551 1976 Dean P. Luben BURL 1214 1979 Shawn M. Strash BURNOR 1426 1996 Fred M. Brosnahan BURL 2852 1976 Frank C. Nichols BURL 1214 1975 David L. Mc Keon BURL 1214 1978 John S. Stringer USD-NW 0437 1996 Douglas S. Brown BURNOR 1426 1976 Gregory A. Nichols BURL 1832 1975 Patrick T. Mc Neill BURL 1214 1977 Dwight E. Swisher AEF 0698 1995 Jesse J. Buettgenbach BURL 1320 1976 Kevin B. Noor BURNOR 1426 1976 Shawn J. Mc Pheron BURL 1214 1979 Ore G. Thompson BURL 1214 1994 John E. Burback BURL 1214 1975 Jerry L. Nutz BURL 1320 1974 Richard D. Melchert BURL 1214 1980 Gayle H. Tjaden BURL 1320 1995 William R. Buresh BURL 1320 1976 Allen B. O Brien AEF 0698 1975 Scott A. Monk BURL 1214 1978 Richard V. Wallace BURL 1320 1994 Jon D. Butcher BURL 1320 1976 Bernard J. Ohlman BURL 1214 1970 Edward W. Morse Jr CRSF 0910 1977 J. C. Walters SP ATL 1137 1996 Blair R. Campbell PENN 3061 1976 Gordon D. Oliver BURL 1832 1975 James H. Moulton CRSF 0910 1977 Keven M. Wilson C&EI 0063 1996

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As an exam- IBT, eligibility for election to office dur- part: This means that, beginning January ple, for nominations held in October ing the post-merger transitional period “To be eligible for election to any 1, 2008, members are eligible to run 2008, the nominee will be required to between January 1, 2006 and office in a Local Union, a member for election only if they are “in continu- have made timely dues payments for December 31, 2007 is governed must be in continuous good standing ous good standing . . . and actively the 24 consecutive months prior to under the “newly chartered” provisions in the Local Union in which he is a employed in the craft . . . for a period the nomination month; in this case of Article II, Section 4(b) of the IBT member and in which he is seeking of twenty-four (24) consecutive from September 2006 through Constitution. office, and actively employed at the months prior to the month of nomina- September 2008 without a late or Members are reminded, however, craft within the jurisdiction of such tion (IBT Constitution, Article II, missing payment. Members are that commencing with nominations Local Union, for a period of twenty- Section 4(a)(1). In general, “continu- reminded that the issuance of beginning January 1, 2008, eligibility four (24) consecutive months prior to ous good standing” means the timely Unemployment Cards does not affect for election to office will be governed the month of nomination for said payment of dues for each of the twen- the requirement to maintain the twen- under the provisions of Article II, office, and must be eligible to hold the ty-four months during the applicable ty-four (24) months “continuous good Section 4(a) of the IBT Constitution as office if elected. “Continuous good period together with no interruptions standing” under the IBT Constitution. provided in Paragraph 4.9 of the standing” means compliance with the in active membership during that peri- This information is being provided Merger Agreement. Beginning provisions of Article X, Section 5, od. Timely payment of dues is as a reminder to all members contem- January 1, 2008, member running for concerning the payment of dues for a accomplished by actually paying dues plating elected office in 2008 and elected union office must meet the period of twenty-four (24) consecutive for the month by the last business day beyond. The strength of our union is same twenty-four (24) month months, together with no interruptions of that month. This requirement is centered upon the active participation “Continuous Good Standing” require- in active membership in the Local also satisfied if a member is on dues of its members and the faithful service ment applicable to all 1.4 million Union for which office is sought check-off and has earnings during the of its elected officers. BMWED Teamster members. because of suspensions, expulsions, month from which dues could have encourages every member to partici- been deducted. pate in the election process, and we Under the BMWED Bylaws, thank the current and future elected Two Members Killed, Several Injured in MBCR Rail Accident BMWED Local Lodge elections are officers whose talents, skills, and abil- Continued from Page 1 scheduled to be held during the last ities will continue to move our quarter of 2008 (October-December centers and their roadway work ment is and how very important it is Brotherhood into the future. groups to provide workers with appro- to establish and maintain the full priate manpower to do the work effi- range of on-track safety protections. ciently and safely. And the industry as Roadway workers on virtually every a whole has also failed in the area of railroad property nationwide are rou- BMWED National Division Retiree roadway worker training. Workers tinely directed by railroad manage- continue to be pressured by manage- ment to do more work with less man- lease join us in celebrating the ment to work shorthanded and with- power. BMWED crews are constant- Precent retirement of the follow- out adequate protection, and then ly being worked short-handed, and ing member of our Union family they are scapegoated by manage- our foremen (Roadway Workers-in- who served this Brotherhood for so ment when tragedy occurs,” said Charge) have more and more respon- long and so well. For his many Simpson. sibilities placed upon their shoulders years of service to this organiza- These recent tragedies are a for production quotas, compliance tion, we are forever grateful. painful reminder of how very danger- with track safety standards, compli- ous and unforgiving our work environ- ance with carrier operating rules and E. R. Spears safety rules, compliance with With his retirement on February Roadway Worker Protection, and a 1, 2007, Brother Spears completed host of other obligations. Add to this nearly 41 years of dedicated rail- Centenarians mix the increased workload placed on road and BMWED service. dispatchers, the increased frequency Richard, as he is known to most, Belated “Happy Birthday” wish- of trains, and the industry’s single- began his career as a trackman on es to the following BMWED minded efforts to slash the workforce May 31, 1966 for the Frisco retirees who recently celebrated th and contract out to the lowest bidder, Railroad at Gilbertown, Alabama. their 100 birthdays: it is little wonder why these pre- In 1971 he was elected to the Arthur Lawrence ventable tragedies continue to occur. office of Assistant General Of all the responsibilities placed on Chairman of the Frisco Federation. as Assistant to the President, the A South Bend, Indiana resi- train dispatchers, Roadway Workers- Having earned the additional trust position he held at the time of his dent, Brother Lawrence celebrat- th in-Charge, and on individual roadway and respect of his federation retirement. ed his 100 birthday on workers, nothing is more important Brothers, he was elected to the Brother Spears may very well December 6, 2006. He last than on-track safety protection. offices of Vice General Chairman in hold a BMWED record. It is not worked for the Penn Central The BMWED urges every member to 1975 and then General Chairman known if any other BMWE member where he retired as a laborer. insist upon the highest levels of on- in 1979. has ever continuously served for James Johnson track safety protection and to institute In 2001, following the death of more than Richard’s thirty five good faith challenges, when neces- Southwest Region Vice President years as an officer of this organi- A Dunnellon, Florida resident, sary, as provided under the federal Larry Borden, Brother Spears was zation at the System, Federation, Brother Johnson celebrated his th rules. elected to fulfill the remainder of Division, Grand Lodge, or National 100 birthday on December 29, “The dangers of working on the Brother Borden’s term of office. In Division Level, but it is certain that 2006. He last worked on the railroad are all too real, and unspeak- 2002, at the 44th Regular Grand this is an accomplishment of which Seaboard Coast Line Railroad able tragedy can strike at any instant. Lodge Convention, Brother Spears he can be very proud. Co. where he retired as a section Therefore, let’s all accept the fact that was re-elected to the office of Richard’s wife, Willa, and his five laborer. we are our “brother’s keeper” and Southwest Region Vice President children and five grand children all redouble our individual and collective by acclamation. Following his look forward to spending more The BMWED extends sincere efforts to protect one another each retirement as Southwest Region time with him as he enjoys his best wishes to all of our retired and every day. The recent tragedies Vice President on September 1, hobbies and tending to the needs centenarians. Happy Birthday! nationwide remind all of us that noth- 2006, Richard accepted a position of his acreage in Alabama. ing is more important,” said Simpson.

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★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ BMWED Legislative Issues – 110th Congress Railroad Retirement Technical only to die when it went to the then would create a rail security research Emergency Training Act of 2007 (HR Improvement Act (PL 109-305) Republican-controlled House. and development program through 535), a comprehensive emergency On Oct. 6, 2006 President Bush Prospects for passage are much DHS and it would encourage the training program for all rail workers. signed legislation to amend the improved with Democrats now in con- deployment of rail car tracking equip- Rep. Lynch introduced similar legisla- Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to trol of both houses. ment for hazardous material rail ship- tion in December 2005 in response to repeal a provision requiring the The bill (S 184) would authorize ments. The bill would: authorize stud- the Teamster Rail Conference Report Railroad Retirement Board to enter $1.2 billion for the TSA to improve ies to improve passenger rail screen- “High Alert.” into an arrangement with a non- security on the nation’s intercity pas- ing and immigration processing along The bill would require the Secretary governmental financial institution to senger, commuter and freight lines. It the U.S. northern border; create a of Homeland Security, within 90 days serve as disbursing agent for annuity would also provide money for security training program for railroad of enactment, to establish compre- and death benefits. It requires the improved security for intercity buses, workers; and provide whistle blower hensive guidelines for a rail worker Secretary of Treasury to remain as for trucks carrying hazardous materi- protections for workers who report emergency training program; require the disbursing agent for such benefits. als and for pipelines. security concerns. the Secretary to consult with the The rail security portion of the bill Finally, the bill would provide a ded- Secretary of Transportation and Rail Security would require the Transportation icated source of funding for Amtrak’s appropriate rail entities; require rail The Surface Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) to con- work on tunnels in Baltimore, carriers to develop a rail worker train- Rail Security Act of 2007 (STARS duct a railroad sector threat assess- Washington, and New York thereby ing program and to train all of their Act), a bipartisan bill to improve rail ment and submit prioritized recom- accelerating the work. The bill also rail workers within one year; authorize and surface transportation security, mendations for improving rail security. includes an additional $3 million for the Secretary to issue letters of non- was introduced by Sens. Daniel It would provide grants through TSA preliminary design of a new tunnel or compliance to any carrier that fails to Inouye (D-HI) and Ted Stevens (R- to Amtrak, freight railroads, and others tunnels for Amtrak in Baltimore. comply with the Act’s requirements; AK) on Jan. 5. Similar legislation has to upgrade security across the entire On Jan. 17, Rep. Stephen Lynch and appropriate $100 million to carry passed the Senate in recent years railroad system. The legislation also (D-MA) introduced the Rail Worker out the act.

2007 BMWED Legislative Board Elections Scheduled Continued from Page 1 January 1, 2008, the first official act the 2007 election of Local Legislative Any member, at the time of nomi- A nominee residing in the United of their new office takes place during Representative or Vice Legislative nation for the position of Local States who is seventy (70) years or the last quarter of 2007. The LR from Representatives must meet the fol- Legislative Representative or Vice older at the time the election is held, each Local, or ALR if the LR can not lowing requirements: Legislative Representative, must be a will not be eligible for election or reelec- attend, will be called upon by the Effective January 1, 2006, any mem- resident and registered and/or qualified tion to the position of Local Legislative incumbent State Legislative Director ber in good standing of a Local Lodge, voter of the state from which elected to Representative and/or Vice Legislative to attend the State Legislative Board as provided in the Merger Agreement, serve and meet the eligibility require- Representative. Retirees and annui- meeting where the election of a falling under the jurisdiction of said ments set forth in the Merger tants are also not eligible for election or State Legislative Director and an State Legislative Board, shall be eligi- Agreement. These requirements shall reelection. Assistant State Legislative Director ble to be nominated and elected to the also apply to the position of Legislative Please note that the Local Leg- will take place and each state’s position of State Legislative Director Director and Assistant Legislative islative Representative and Vice Legislative Action Plan will be and Assistant State Legislative Dir- Director at the time of nomination to Legislative Representative must be unveiled. ector. The nominee must have estab- the position. members of the lodge they represent lished at least twelve (12) months’ The provisions of the IBT Con- and residents of the state in which Eligibility Requirements seniority rights on a railroad in a stitution concerning eligibility to run for elected to serve. Article XII, Sections 4 and 6 of the department coming under the jurisdic- office became effective on January 1, Should you have any questions National Division Bylaws, Article II, tion of the Brotherhood and meet the 2006 and the provisions of Article about the information in this article, Section 4(b) of the IBT Constitution, “continuous good standing” require- II, Section 4(b) of the IBT Constitution please contact Danny Gates, Director and Article 4.9 of the Merger ments of Article II, Section 4(b) of the will apply for all elections held in of Government Affairs in the Wash- Agreement provide that nominees for IBT Constitution. 2007. ington, D.C. office.

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