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Unions winning more organizing elections
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Unions winning more organizing electionsWASHINGTON -- New data showing labor unions won nearly two-thirds of private ballot organizing elections last year is prompting some business groups to question the need for Congress to pass a bill that would make it even easier to form unions, the Associa...
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Szabo now on job as FRA chiefWASHINGTON - Joe Szabo is now UTU's former Illinois state legislative director, having officially taken office Tuesday morning, May 5, as federal railroad administrator.May 5, 2009
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We must make Rail Safety Act work
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We must make Rail Safety Act work By International President Mike Futhey Compromise is the art of successful negotiations. But when one party goes to the negotiating table unwilling to compromise, the results can be unpleasant for both, and produce a result that might not be the best choice. Such wa...
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BLET congratulates Szabo on FRA confirmation
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BLET congratulates Szabo on FRA confirmation CLEVELAND, May 4 On May 1, BLET National President Ed Rodzwicz sent congratulations to Joe Szabo on his confirmation as Federal Railroad Administrator by the U.S. Senate. The BLET members, officers and staff who have worked with you over the years high...
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I was just reminded, that if the auto companies file Chapter 11, the union contracts are voided.
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Union Leader Fingered in Protest
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Man cut off finger to protest overdue wagesMon Apr 27, 2009 1:58pm EDT Email | Print | Share| Reprints | Single Page[-] Text [+]1 of 1Full Size BELGRADE (Reuters) - A Serbian union official who chopped off his finger and ate it in a protest over wages that in some cases have not been paid in years, said Mo...
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Baseball, Apple Pie and Your UTU
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We can learn a lot from baseballBy UTU Assistant President Arty Martin While watching the Major League Baseball Game of the Week Saturday between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, I was reminded of how important history and heritage are. Prior to the start of the game, a special guest of the Red...
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IC&E workers maintain BLET membership CLEVELAND, March 6 Employees of the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (IC&E) reaffirmed their allegiance to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen today by voting overwhelmingly in favor of the BLET in a representation election...
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One man remotes
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Remote control pact creating UTU jobsCHICAGO - Include Alternate Vice President and General Chairperson John Babler among UTU officers who neither promoted nor wanted remote control locomotives, but recognized that new technology cannot be stopped. Now celebrate Babler for proving that UTU'...
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It ain't over until the fatman sings
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UTU, SMWIA meeting setUTU International President Mike Futhey and the UTU board of directors will meet April 13 and 14 with Sheet Metal Workers International Association General President Mike Sullivan to discuss further the merger of the UTU and the SMWIA. Developments will be reported at www....
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The Horror
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UTU Web site offline April 15The UTU International Web site was unavailable through most of the day Wednesday, April, 15, 2009, due to technical difficulties.April 15, 2009
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Major Victory for Your UTU
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Great Lakes pilots, attendants choose UTUSome 300 pilots and flight attendants employed by Great Lakes Aviation (GLA) have voted to join the UTU. GLA is headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyo., with pilots operating out of hubs in Denver; Kansas City, Mo.; Phoenix and St. Louis. All flight attendants ope...
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F.O.P. Embezzler found dead
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Former Officer Found Dead In Bucks Co. HomeDOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) A former suburban Philadelphia police officer charged with stealing more than $87,000 from a police group she helped run has been found dead at her home. Authorities say 42-year-old Katherine Leese, of Langhorne, was found by her mot...
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Your UTU is at it again
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UTU files charges following SEPTA bus votePHILADELPHIA -- A representation vote affecting 333 bus and trolley operators, employed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's Red Arrow Division here, failed to produce a required majority for either the Association of Transi...
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UTU inks 3rd close-calls pilot project
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UTU inks 3rd close-calls pilot project The UTU on April 3 signed onto its third Confidential Close Calls Reporting System pilot project -- this one with New Jersey Transit (NJT). Also signing the agreement with NJT was the American Train Dispatchers Association and the Brotherhood of Locomotive E...
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Motorcycle ride at N.O. UTU regional meetingThe Fourth Annual Scott Belden Memorial Motorcycle Ride, to benefit the UTU PAC, will take place Sunday, Aug. 16, before the start of the New Orleans regional meeting. The ride is expected to begin at 8:00 a.m. Participants will ride up the Mississippi Ri...
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SEPTA strike looms
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Possible SEPTA Strike LoomingPHILADELPHIA (AP) There could be a strike by Philadelphia bus, subway, and trolley operators in less than two weeks. Talks resume Friday between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its largest union, Transport Workers Union Local 234. The...
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UTU takes lead on safety action plan
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UTU takes lead on safety action plan In spite of railroad boasts that they have become safer, the fact is that railroad employee deaths soared by some 50 percent in calendar 2008, according to Federal Railroad Administration data. Twenty-three railroad employees lost their lives in on-duty rail a...
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Free Choice Act
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Urge Sen. Specter to support Free Choice ActWASHINGTON - Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said this week he would use a senatorial privilege to block a vote on the Employee Free Choice Act. According to the Associated Press, Specter has flip-flopped, two years ago having been the only Republican to suppo...
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Predictable crew schedules not radical By UTU International President Mike Futhey For more years than I care to count, we having been telling the carriers that if we couldnt come up with a mutually acceptable solution at the bargaining table to the problem of availability policies and train-crew f...
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125 participate in 6th Tri-State Rail Conference
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125 participate in 6th Tri-State Rail ConferenceMIDLOTHIAN, Ill. -- A myriad of rail issues affected train and engine service employees was discussed March 14 at the sixth annual Tri State Rail Conference hosted by the Belt Railway of Chicago here in mid-March. The event drew some 125 participant...
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Amtrak workers get back pay May 1st
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Amtrak workers to get back pay May 1Amtrak employees -- including UTU represented conductors, assistant conductors and yardmasters -- will receive 100 percent of their back pay on May 1, which Amtrak President Joe Boardman has designated to be "Employee Appreciation Day." That day is...
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Remember when Your UTU dropped the shippers like a hot potato?
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It's time to stop shipper, rail quarrel The United Transportation Union urges railroads and their customers to join with the UTU and others in rail labor to meet jointly to resolve, amicably and quickly, a long-simmering and too-often acrimonious quarrel over how railroads are regulated by Cong...
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Obama taps UTU's Szabo for FRA
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Obama taps UTU's Szabo for FRA WASHINGTON - President Obama on March 18 announced his intent to nominate UTU Illinois State Legislative Director Joe Szabo to head the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The formal nomination is expected to be sent to the Senate in the next few days. The Senate C...
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Soo Line Railroad, BMWED reach tentative agreement
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Soo Line Railroad, BMWED reach tentative agreement (The National Mediation Board issued the following on March 19, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce that a tentative collective bargaining agreement was reached on March 18, 2009, between the Soo L...
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