Ohio: Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Locomotive Engineers Strike at Noon on Nov. 11, About 140 Set Up Picket Lines
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) began a strike at noon on November 11 against the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway, headquartered in Brewster, Ohio, with about 140 engineers and trainmen setting up picket lines at four to five locations in Ohio, including 2800 Gambrinus Avenue SW in Canton and 1907 East Market Street in Akron. Gary Best, the union's first vice president, said the strike will continue until the dispute is resolved; as of the afternoon of November 11, the company had not responded.
The Wheeling & Lake Erie is one of the largest regional railroads in the United States, with more than 425 employees and 840 miles of track across Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. It is the company's first strike since 2013; the last labor dispute involved managers replacing trainmen, raising single-person crew safety concerns, and ended in a federal court settlement. New York-based infrastructure firm FTAI Infrastructure acquired the railroad in 2025.
Source: Canton Repository
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