Edward Dubroski

Edward E. Dubroski (born c. 1937) was President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE), a railway workers' union in the United States.

Edward Dubroski
Bornc. 1937
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
NationalityAmerican
OccupationRailway engineer, labor leader
Known forPresident of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

Career

Edward Dubroski was born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania around 1938. In 1955 he joined the Central Railroad of New Jersey as a track worker. In 1960 he became a fireman and in 1963 an engineer with the Central Railroad.[1] He joined the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLFE), and held several posts in this union. Dubroski resigned from the BLFE and in 1970 was elected legislative representative of BLE Division 157. In 1974 he became BLE General Chairman of the General Committee of Adjustment of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. In 1980 he became Chairman of Conrail District "G", and in 1983 he became Conrail Alternate General Chairman.[2]

In 1986, at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer convention, Dubroski was elected to the position of vice president, assigned to the railroads on the east coast of the United States; Amtrak, Conrail, Septa, Metro North, Long Island Railroad, the NY Susquehanna and Western Railroad and Delaware Hudson Railroad. Dubroski was elected to a five year term. In his tenure, he established a new committee called the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer Safety Task Force in a joint venture with the National Transportation Board. The team was responsible for traveling to train accidents across the country to determine the cause of the accident and to formally make safety recommendations to prevent future accidents and improve railroad safety.

In 1991 Dubroski was elected general secretary and treasurer of the BLE. Dubroski became the first vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers when Clarence Monin was elected president in 1996. In August 1999 Dubroski took over from Monin, who left office after losing a recall vote by a narrow margin.[1] In a separate ballot Dubroski was elected to succeed Monin as head of the 55,000-member union by about 80% of the vote.[3]

During his tenure there was ongoing tension with the rival United Transportation Union (UTU).[4] On 23 July 2001 the BLE and UTU announced a plan to merge, subject to ratification by their members. In September three officers of the BLE obtained a court injunction to stop the count of the ratification ballot. A few days later the UTU launched an attempt to be recognized as representing workers of the Kansas City Southern Railway, replacing the BLE.[5] At the Seventh Quinquennial International Convention of the BLE in Miami on 27 September 2001 Dubroski lost the run-off election for the post of International President to Don Hahs, who won by 417 to 211 votes.[4]

Since his retirement, President Emeritus Dubroski has been an active member in his home state of New Jersey. In addition to servicing on the Clark Township Environmental Commission for almost 10 years, he has won the New Jersey State Governors Award twice. The first, was in 2018, for his environmental stewardship for railroads. Dubroski effectively campaigned and won the right to remove/eliminate the chemical Polychlorinated Biphenyls, better known as PCBs, from locomotive engines, roundhouses, and the soil that surrounds train yards. Once in the environment, PCBs can be transported long distances because they bind strongly to soil and sediment.  For that reason, they also remain in the environment for long periods of time. This potential measure alone helped to save numerous lives.[6] In 2019, Dubroski made history by winning the New Jersey Jefferson Award for a second time in consecutive years for Leadership and Innovation due. He award recognized his work with the United States Senate and Congress to establish the B.L.E. Safety Task Force (mentioned above) that worked side by side with the National Transportation Board to investigate train accidents throughout the United States and make recommendations to improve safety.[7]


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References

Citations

  1. Dubroski wins in Recall Vote.
  2. Dubroski new BLE President.
  3. In Brief: NWITimes.
  4. BLE installs new international president 2001.
  5. Judge Impounds BLE / UTU Merger Ballots.
  6. "Renna Media | Ed Dubroski Recipient of Jefferson Award |". Renna Media. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  7. Bulletin, Community (2019-07-03). "Clark resident becomes two-time Jefferson Award recipient". nj.com. Retrieved 2019-08-18.

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