Overview

• Approximately 6,000 Union Pacific locomotive engineers represented by the BLET voted overwhelmingly to approve the five-year agreement.
• The deal provides wage increases totaling 18.8 percent over its term, according to the union.
• Members will receive improved health and welfare benefits plus accelerated vacation accrual and meal increases.
• The union says the pact preserves the 11/4 work-rest arrangement and closes bargaining with no concessions to work rules.
• With this vote, nearly 30,000 Teamsters railroaders have ratified contracts this year, including more than 12,600 at Union Pacific.