Passenger Trains > Mark Kenny reelected

Mark B. Kenny was reelected by acclamation to his sixth term as General Chairman at the Amtrak General Committee of Adjustment’s fourth quadrennial meeting held in San Diego, CA from May 9-12, 2017.

Brother Kenny is a member of Division 11 (New York, N.Y.). He joined the Brotherhood on March 1, 1981, and has served as General Chairman since 1998, having also won reelection by acclamation in 2009 and 2013. Brother Kenny also serves as Chairman of the BLET’s Eastern General Chairmen’s Association.

AmHog Wrote:
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> Mark B. Kenny was reelected by acclamation to his
> sixth term as General Chairman at the Amtrak
> General Committee of Adjustment’s fourth
> quadrennial meeting held in San Diego, CA from May
> 9-12, 2017.
>
> Brother Kenny is a member of Division 11 (New
> York, N.Y.). He joined the Brotherhood on March 1,
> 1981, and has served as General Chairman since
> 1998, having also won reelection by acclamation in
> 2009 and 2013. Brother Kenny also serves as
> Chairman of the BLET’s Eastern General
> Chairmen’s Association.

What's the General Committee of Adjustment?
C

Carol Voss
Bakersfield, CA

Carol,

From this page: http://www.ble-t.org/about.asp

All the Local Chairmen on a particular railroad constitute the BLET General Committee of Adjustment on that system; this General Committee is autonomous and responsible for negotiating, making, interpreting and enforcing contracts between engineers and their railroad. Larger railroad systems may have more than one General Committee and General Chairman.

In the most basic terms, GCAs deal with collective bargaining issues with a specific carrier, while the Legislative committees deal with regulatory issues.

trainjunkie Wrote:
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> Carol,
>
> From this page: http://www.ble-t.org/about.asp
>
> All the Local Chairmen on a particular railroad
> constitute the BLET General Committee of
> Adjustment on that system; this General Committee
> is autonomous and responsible for negotiating,
> making, interpreting and enforcing contracts
> between engineers and their railroad. Larger
> railroad systems may have more than one General
> Committee and General Chairman.
>
> In the most basic terms, GCAs deal with collective
> bargaining issues with a specific carrier, while
> the Legislative committees deal with regulatory
> issues.

Thanks.
C

Carol Voss
Bakersfield, CA

I thought that Mark was going to retire soon and therefore not run again, oh well. Guess being retired myself doesn't matter that much any more. I just remember my Division had some issues with Brother Kenny.

>Larger railroad systems may have more than one General Committee and General Chairman.

One General Chairman, several regional chairman.

Enforcing contracts would include items like the reported use of an RFE to operate trains out of Indianapolis on several occasions?


Many people have mentioned "minor issues" which do not rise to a level sufficient to cause a strike / walkout. Things like sitting on claims and grievances, etc for months at a time. Can these items be added to a local agreement or national agreement with a carrier?

EtoinShrdlu Wrote:
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> >Larger railroad systems may have more than one
> General Committee and General Chairman.
>
> One General Chairman, several regional chairman.

NS has three full General Committees, each with its own General Chairman. While Amtrak may have only one, larger RR's do often have more than one.

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>NS has three full General Committees, each with its own General Chairman.

OK. Could this be an effect of the mergers, N&W + Southern + part of Conjob?