Paul Wingo

Paul worked for Norfolk Southern Railroad for over 40 years as a Locomotive Engineer, serving in several elected positions as a Union Officer for 37 years. He retired as BLE&T National Vice-President with assignments at both Norfolk Southern and several Short Line Railroads in both the mid-west and the northeast where he assisted General Chairmen in negotiating working agreements and the first short term disability agreement at Norfolk Southern for the BLE&T. During those 37 years he represented hundreds of employees faced with disciplinary charges. Because of his passion to help railroad employees and their families in times of need when disabilities found them unable to work and support their families, Paul began to make valuable contacts with both the Railroad Retirement Board and the Health Care Providers administering the Railroad Employees National Health and Welfare Agreement. As a result, he acquired an invaluable knowledge of how to connect the railroad retirement benefits under the law with the insurance benefits under the union contract into one conversation in order to counsel on the best solution for any situation a railroad worker faces when illness or injury strikes.

Paul is steadfast in his opinion that railroad employees have the best benefit package in the nation because of over 100 various eligibility options and the four unique parts making up the total railroad employees benefit package; occupational disability, 60/30 retirement, extended insurance for disabled and the F.E.L.A. injury law and is known to be the best at helping navigate all four when illness or injury strikes.