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<font size="2"><strong>Unions</strong></font><font size="3"><br>
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<a href="http://www.ble.org/" style="text-decoration: none">BLET</a><br>
<a href="http://www.teamster.org" style="text-decoration: none">Teamsters</a><br>
<a href="http://www.aflcio.org" style="text-decoration: none">AFL-CIO</a><br>
<a href="http://www.alslb.org" style="text-decoration: none">Ala Legislative
Board</a><br>
<a href="http://www.utu.org" style="text-decoration:
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<a href="http://www.myuhc.com" style="text-decoration: none">United
Healthcare</a><br>
<a href="http://www.utu.org/worksite/benefitproviders/Regence.htm"
style="text-decoration: none">Blue Cross</a><br>
<a href="http://www.medcohealth.com" style="text-decoration: none">Medco Rx</a><br>
<a href="https://member.aetna.com/Member_Public/index.html"
style="text-decoration: none">Aetna Dental</a><br>
<a href="http://www.vsp.com" style="text-decoration: none">Vision Service
Plan</a><br>
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Your RR Retirement</a></p>
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<a href="http://www.fra.dot.gov" style="text-decoration: none">FRA</a><br>
<a href="http://www.rrb.gov" style="text-decoration: none">RR Retirement
Board</a><br>
<a href="http://www.nmbfacts.com/RLA-Index.htm" style="text-decoration:
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<a href="http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html"
style="text-decoration: none">Code of Federal
Regulations</a><br>
<a href="http://www.dot.gov/" style="text-decoration: none">Dept. of
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</font><em><strong><font size="1">
Kerry vs. Bush</font></strong></em><br>
<a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/01/kerry.security/index.html">
<font size="2" color="#0000FF">Nuclear Terrorism</font></a><br>
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<font size="2" color="#0000FF">2004 Election Calendar</font></a><br>
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<font size="2" color="#0000FF">Inside Politics</font></a><br>
<a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/10/war.bush.kerry/index.html">
<font size="2" color="#0000FF">Bush Approval Hits New Low</font></a><br>
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/" style="text-decoration:
none">
<font size="2" color="#0000FF">LA Times: Election 2004</font></a><br>
<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=6&u=/nm/20040514/pl_nm/campaign_house_dc"
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Numbers Favor Another Republican House</font></a><a href="http://www.aflcio.org/issuespolitics/bushwatch"
style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#0000FF" size="2"><br></font></a>
<a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/polls/otherpolls.htm">
<font color="#0000FF" size="2">Latest Poll</font></a><p><font color="#FF0000">
Rail News</font></p>
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<li><font size="2"> </font><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/12/national/main605738.shtml"><font
size="2" color="#0000FF">Rail Security Has
Limits</font></a><font size="2" color="#0000FF"> </font></li>
<li><font size="2" color="#0000FF"> <a href="http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=11610&siteSection=8"
style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#0000FF">$1B
for Rail Security</font></a></font></li>
<li><font size="2" color="#0000FF"> </font><a style="text-decoration: none"
href="http://www.amarillo.com/stories/051204/new_winds.shtml"><font size="2"
color="#0000FF">Tornado
Derails BNSF Coal Train</font></a></li>
<li><font size="2" color="#0000FF"> </font><a style="text-decoration: none"
href="http://www.guntertexas.com/gunter/chamber/train.asp"><font size="2"
color="#0000FF">Engineer
Killed in Texas BN Wreck</font></a></li>
<li><font size="2" color="#0000FF"> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/04/07/amtrak.derailment/index.html"
style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#0000FF">Amtrak
Derails in Mississippi</font></a></font></li>
<li><font size="2" color="#0000FF"> <a href="http://www.railwayage.com/breaking_news.shtml"
style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#0000FF">Railway Age:
Latest News</font></a></font></li>
<li><font size="2" color="#0000FF"><a href="rail_safety__alerts.htm"
style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#0000FF">Be aware
of...</font></a><font color="#0000FF"><a href="rail_safety__alerts.htm"><font
color="#0000FF">read more</font></a></font><a href="rail_safety__alerts.htm"><font
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<b><font size="2"> Alabama Division</font></b>
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<a href="AlabamaDivision.htm" style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="2" color="#0000FF">We have to quit tearing stuff up. Rule
Violation Derailments are...</font></a><font size="2" color="#0000FF"><a href="AlabamaDivision.htm"><font
color="#0000FF">read
more></font></a></font></p>
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<a href="Atlanta.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#0000FF">
BLET meets with Tobias, Comstock and Alabama Division upper management in
Atlanta...</font></a><font color="#0000FF"><a href="Atlanta.htm"><font
color="#0000FF">read
more></font></a></font></font></p>
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<a href="FRAforms.htm" style="text-decoration: none">
<font color="#0000FF">FRA forms that must be available on your locomotive
are...</font></a><font color="#0000FF"><a href="FRAforms.htm"><font
color="#0000FF">read
more></font></a></font></font></p>
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<a style="text-decoration: none" href="blet_meet.htm">
<font color="#0000FF">The BLET will be meet with upper management again in
the next few weeks. If you want input into the
direction...</font></a><font color="#0000FF"><a href="blet_meet.htm"><font
color="#0000FF">read more</font><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial">></font></a></font></font></p>
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]" style="text-decoration: none">
<font color="#0000FF">Email your suggestions to: [email protected]
</font></a></font></p>
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<strong><font size="2">BLET Division 73 Birmingham, Alabama</font></strong><font
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<a href="http://members.fortunecity.com/ble73/id86.htm" style="text-decoration:
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AGS District</a></font><font size="2"><br><font color="#808000">
<a href="id127.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Roster</a></font></font><br><font
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<a style="text-decoration: none" href="id123.htm">Members</a></font><br><font
size="2">
<a style="text-decoration: none" href="id122.htm">Division
Officers</a></font><p><br><font size="2">
<a href="http://matthewssteellaw.lawoffice.com/articles.htm"
style="text-decoration: none">Your Rights Under The
Federal Employers Liability Act</a></font></p>
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<a href="http://members.fortunecity.com/ble73/id31.htm" style="text-decoration:
none">FELA</a><br>
<a href="http://members.fortunecity.com/ble73/id17.htm" style="text-decoration:
none">Legal Counsel</a><br>
<a href="http://members.fortunecity.com/ble73/id29.htm" style="text-decoration:
none">Agreements</a><br>
<a href="http://members.fortunecity.com/ble73/id114.htm" style="text-decoration:
none">START</a><br>
<a href="http://members.fortunecity.com/ble73/id65.htm" style="text-decoration:
none">Q&A</a><br>
<a href="http://members.fortunecity.com/ble73/id103.htm" style="text-decoration:
none">Just Surfing</a><br>
<a href="http://www.nscorp.com/nscorphtml/help.html" style="text-decoration:
none">NS Phone Numbers</a><br>
<a href="http://www.ble.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=3886"
style="text-decoration: none">Improved VSP Benefit</a><br>
<a href="http://www.nscorp.com/nscorphtml/newsbreak/0204/index.html#discounts"
style="text-decoration: none">
NS New Vehicle Discounts</a><br>
<a href="https://erc.nscorp.com/anch/ess" style="text-decoration: none">Crewcall
on the Internet</a>
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<a href="http://www.ble.org/BLETapplication.pdf">
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<font color="#0000FF">BLET Application</font></a></font><p>
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<font color="#0000FF">Wage Authorization Card</font></a></font><p>
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<a href="revoke.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#0000FF">
Wage Revocation Card</font></a></font><p>
<font size="2" color="#0000FF">
<a href="bothcards.htm" style="text-decoration: none">
<font color="#0000FF">Both cards on one sheet for faxing </font></a>
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color="#0000FF">
<a href="https://login3.benefits.ml.com/PostDefault.asp">
<font color="#0000FF">Merrill
Lynch BLET 401K Log In</font></a></font><p><font size="2" color="#0000FF">
Effective April 30, 2004, engineers will no longer be able to participate
in the TRIP 401k. You must enroll in the BLET 401k with Merrill
Lynch. You may leave your current investment in TRIP, but, no
further contributions may be made to that plan. Or you can transfer
your TRIP investments into the BLET 401k without penalty or tax
consequences.</font><p> <p> </td>
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<font size="2"><b>Railroads</b></font></p>
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<a href="http://www.nscorp.com/nscorp/index.jsp" style="text-decoration:
none">Norfolk Southern</a></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#666633">
<a href="http://www.up.com/" style="text-decoration: none">Union
Pacific</a></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#666633">
<a href="http://www.csxt.com/" style="text-decoration: none">CSXT</a></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#666633">
<a href="http://www.bnsf.com/" style="text-decoration: none">Burlington
Northern</a></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#666633">
<a href="http://www.kcsi.com/" style="text-decoration: none">Kansas City
Southern</a></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#666633">
<a href="http://www.montanarail.com/" style="text-decoration: none">Montana Rail
Link</a></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#666633">
<a href="http://www.cn.ca/en_index.shtml?ww=800" style="text-decoration:
none">Canadian National</a></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#666633">
<a href="http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/default.htm" style="text-decoration:
none">Canadian Pacific</a></font></p>
<b><font size="2">Computer Stuff</font></b><p>
<font size="2" color="#0000FF">
<a href="dsl_and_cable_broadband_users.htm" style="text-decoration: none">
<font color="#0000FF">DSL/Cable Users of</font></a></font>
<font size="2" color="#0000FF">
Internet Crewcall</font></p>
<p>
<font size="2" color="#0000FF">
<a href="networking.htm" style="text-decoration: none">
<font color="#0000FF">Networking</font></a></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="#0000FF">
<a href="websites.htm" style="text-decoration: none">
<font color="#0000FF">Web Site Building</font></a></font></td>
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<font size="2"><b>NS Representation Election Update:<br></b></font><font
size="2" color="#0000FF"></font>
<font size="2" color="#0000FF">
<a href="norfolk_southern_update.htm" style="text-decoration: none">
<font color="#0000FF">Is a representation election on NS really necessary?
All crafts will benefit when the BLET negotiates on behalf ...</font></a><font
color="#0000FF"><a href="norfolk_southern_update.htm"><font color="#0000FF">read
more</font></a></font><a href="norfolk_southern_update.htm"><font
color="#0000FF" face="Arial">></font></a></font><p><font size="2"
color="#0000FF">
<a style="text-decoration: none" href="union_tactics_in_this_representa.htm">
<font color="#0000FF">The BLET will tell you
what we will do to enhance your lifestyle with contractual improvements,
whereas, the UTU avoids that issue. Why?
Because they are incapable...</font></a><font color="#0000FF"><a href="union_tactics_in_this_representa.htm"><font
color="#0000FF">read more</font></a></font><a href="union_tactics_in_this_representa.htm"><font
color="#0000FF" face="Arial">></font></a></font></p>
<p>
<font face="Arial" size="2" color="#0000FF">
<a style="text-decoration: none" href="jobprotection.htm">
<font color="#0000FF">When a UTU member tells you that if the BLET
represents all crafts on the NS they will eliminate your job, ask
him...</font></a><font color="#0000FF"><a href="jobprotection.htm"><font
color="#0000FF">read
more></font></a></font></font><p>
<font size="2" color="#0000FF"> <font color="#0000FF"><a
style="text-decoration: none" href="http://members.fortunecity.com/ble73/blet2.htm"><font
color="#0000FF">I
wish the UTU held my engineers' contract... </font></a>
<a href="http://members.fortunecity.com/ble73/blet2.htm">
<font color="#0000FF">NOT!!!</font></a></font></font><p>
<font size="2" color="#0000FF">
<a style="text-decoration: none" href="localrep.htm">
<font color="#0000FF">UTU Local Representatives just don't get it.
They continually ...read more</font><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial">></font></a></font><p>
<font face="Arial" size="2" color="#0000FF">
<a href="gilgoreUP.htm" style="text-decoration: none">
<font color="#0000FF">BLET Union Pacific General Chairmen Respond TO UTU's
Ridiculous Lawsuit...read more></font></a></font><p>
<a href="http://www.ble-canada.ca/Eng/News2.htm" style="text-decoration: none">
<font color="#0000FF" size="2">Canadian Pacific Election</font></a><td valign="top"
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<a href="http://www.utu.org/worksite/houston/boyd_plea.pdf">
<img border="0" src="BOYD2.JPG" width="85" height="112"></a><font size="2"><a
href="http://www.utu.org/worksite/houston/boyd_plea.pdf" style="text-decoration:
none"><br></a>
<a href="http://www.utu.org/worksite/houston/boyd_plea.pdf"><font
color="#0000FF">
Meet UTU's Byron Boyd, Martha Stewart's new
roomie.</font></a></font></p>
<p>
<font color="#0000FF" size="2">Joke of the day.</font></p>
<p>
<font color="#0000FF" size="2">An AGS District UTU conductor recently
tried to convince one of our BLET engineers to rejoin the UTU. His
main argument was that this engineer should belong to a union with
integrity. Under what rock has this guy been hiding. The
UTU has insurance salesmen, a past president and a sitting president on
their way to federal prison for racketeering. If that's integrity,
maybe we should steer clear of it. Also, UTU President Byron "the
crook" Boyd's replacement, Paul Thompson has had charges filed against him
from within their union of integrity.
<a href="griffeth.htm">
<font color="#0000FF">Click here to read more.</font></a></font></p>
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<font color="#0000FF" size="2">
<a style="text-decoration: none" href="declines_charges.htm">
<font color="#0000FF">UTU board declines charges. </font></a>
<font color="#0000FF">
<a href="declines_charges.htm">
<font color="#0000FF">Click here.</font></a></font></font></p>
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