Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen
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What it says it does
THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS, INTERESTS AND SAFETY OF ITS MEMBERSHIP THROUGH EDUCATION, AGGRESSIVE REPRESENTATION AND SOLIDARITY.
- Income
- $19.6 million
- Spending
- $16.1 million
- Employees
- 93
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $479,106, vice president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- THE BLET SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED AND RATIFIED 15 NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS IN 2025. THE NATIONAL AGREEMENT, RATIFIED ON DECEMBER 30, 2025, WAS THE LARGEST IN SCOPE OF THESE CONTRACTS, COVERING MORE THAN 12,000 MEMBERS AT 10 DIFFERENT CARRIERS, INCLUDING CLASS 1 RAILROADS BNSF, NORFOLK SOUTHERN AND CANADIAN NATIONAL. BLET MEMBERS AT CLASS 1 RAILROADS CSX AND UNION PACIFIC ALSO RATIFIED NEW CONTRACTS FOR 3,500 CSX AND 6,000 UNION PACIFIC MEMBERS. 300 MEMBERS ON CPKC'S SOO LINE ALSO RATIFIED A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT. CONTRACTS WERE ALSO RATIFIED AT SEVERAL OTHER COMMUTER/PASSENGER RAILROADS INCLUDIND KEOLIS/MBTA, BELT RAILWAY OF CHICAGO, CALTRAIN/TRANSIT AMERICA SERVICES, METRA-UP LINE AND SEPTA. SHORT-LINE CONTRACT RATIFICATIONS INCLUDED THE UNION RAILROAD OF PITTSBURGH,(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) TERMINAL RAILWAY - ALABAMA STATE DOCKS, NEW YORK & ATLANTIC, WESTERN NEW YORK & PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NEW YORK SUSQUEHANNA AND WESTERN. BLET MEMBERS AT THE ARIZONA EASTERN RAILWAY UNANIMOUSLY RATIFIED THEIR FIRST UNION CONTRACT. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IN 2025 WAS BLET'S THREE-DAY STRIKE AND EVENTUAL CONTRACT RATIFICATION AT NEW JERSEY TRANSIT, THE NATION'S THIRD LARGEST COMMUTER RAILROAD. IT WAS THE FIRST STRIKE AT NJT IN 42 YEARS AND ENDED A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT BATTLE. THE SEVEN-YEAR AGREEMENT (2020-2027) GOVERNED APPROXIMATELY 450 ENGINEERS.NO ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE BIGGER THAN BLET'S SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD. EARLY IN 2025 THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY (DOGE) SOUGHT TO CLOSE UPWARDS OF 40 BRICK AND MORTAR RRB FIELD OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, WITH NINE PLANNED FOR IMMEDIATE CLOSURE IN 2025 AND 2026. THE BLET AND TEAMSTER'S RAIL CONFERENCE LED A COORDINATED CAMPAIGN HOLDING MEETINGS WITH KEY MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE U.S. SENATE WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN-PERSON MEETING BETWEEN BLET PRESIDENT MARK WALLACE AND WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS. DOGE AND THE WHITE HOUSE REVERSED COURSE AND AGREED TO KEEP THE RRB FIELD OFFICES OPEN IN ORDER TO SUPPORT IN-PERSON SERVICES FOR THE 600,000 ACTIVE AND RETIRED RAILROAD EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES.BLET ALSO SUCCEEDED IN PROTECTING JOBS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS AND ENHANCING BORDER SECURITY BY CONVINCING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO TIGHTEN RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO CROSS-BORDER TRAIN OPERATIONS FROM MEXICO.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 1943.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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