'Eddie Hall, the sole candidate running for president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) against incumbent Dennis Pierce, has been sanctioned by a union disciplinary committee for sharing an article from the World Socialist Web Site. In addition, the committee has recommended that the BLET file a complaint with the Department of Labor against the WSWS on the absurd grounds that its reporting on the union vote constituted election interference.'
'Late Monday night, the WSWS received reports from knowledgeable sources that Hall, a relatively unknown local officer, had won the BLET presidency. The BLET apparatus, however, has inexplicably announced that it is delaying releasing results until sometime next week.'
Edited and added: 'However, it appears Hall could still be disqualified as a candidate on the basis of the complaint. The initial complaint demanded Hall’s disqualification on the ground that he had accepted assistance from a “non-member employer” (the WSWS). The Election Protest Committee (EPC) found that Hall had violated election rules, in a decision issued November 30, but instead of disqualifying him, it ordered that Hall remove links to the article and issue a public statement disavowing the article crafted by the EPC within 72 hours. But a later ruling on appeal by the union’s Advisory Board noted that Hall had not complied with the order and “remands the issue of remedy in the matter back to the EPC for reconsideration in light of Hall’s failure to timely comply.”'
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/12/15/blet-d15.html
TLDR: The union wants to disqualify the election winner on the grounds that he spread socialist material (“election interference”) and is appealing to the Department of Labor to disqualify him.