Freight Short Lines & Regionals BLET reaches tentative agreement with Western New York & Pennsylvania

BLET reaches tentative agreement with Western New York & Pennsylvania

By Trains Staff | October 28, 2025

Ratification vote in progress for five-year deal including guaranteed 40-hour work week

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Logo of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen unionINDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has reached a tentative five-year agreement with the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad, and ratification voting is now in progress, the union has announced.

The agreement through 2030 would provide for a guaranteed 40-hour work week, a signing bonus, annual wage increases, and improvements in holiday pay and paid time off, the BLET said.

Ballots are due from union members by Tuesday, Nov. 11.

The WNY&P, founded in 2001, operates approximately 330 miles of track in southwestern New York and northwestern Pennsylvania.

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