The new home page for the BRS Local 56 is now up and running. Please click below and
make sure to sign up for email notifications if you haven't already!
On the agenda will be regular business as well as a vote on a new singular rate of dues that
will be an equal amount for all ranks of the Local.
Confidential Close Call Reporting System
The Confidential Close
Call Reporting System (C3RS) is a partnership between the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), in conjunction with participating railroad carriers and
labor organizations. The program is designed to improve railroad safety by collecting and analyzing reports which describe
unsafe conditions and events in the railroad industry. Employees will be able to report safety issues or “close calls”
voluntarily and confidentially. For more information click on the link provided below.
Online forms are now available at the Local 56 website
It is now possible to fill out & print out Sick, Personal
and Bereavement forms via our website, just visit the "Useful Information" page or click on the link below.
Have you ever wondered where the work rules we enjoy today came from?
Obviously they didn't come about via the benevolence of the carrier, they had to be fought for and earned. Click on the
link below to learn more.
For a look back at what needed to take place to get the Long Beach branch back
up and running, click on the link below. Well done to our union brothers!
Show your
solidarity amongst your fellow Communications and Signal brothers by wearing anything BRS on Fridays.
We want your input. If you have any comments
or concerns regarding the local please send them to us by typing into the box below. All entries will be kept confidential:
Please be advised, all forms have been disabled until further notice due to spam issues. Thank you.
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you sent us your email address?
In an effort to
improve communication, increase participation and reduce operating expenses Local 56 is in the
process of compiling an email database.
If you have
yet to forward us your email information please complete the form below.
Know Your Rights!
If any
carrier representative attempts to ask you questions that you feel could possibly lead to discipline, you may refuse
to answer till you have a union representative present that has had the opportunity to discuss matters with you
first.
Know
your rights!
The carrier is under no obligation
to tell you that you may have a representative present, you must request one. Also, once you have made your request they are
not allowed to continue the questioning or try to talk you out of your representation.
Remember, we're in this together.
East Side Acces Project, click on photo for more picutures.