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National rail contract negotiators named
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National rail contract negotiators namedThe UTU national rail contract negotiating team has been named by UTU International President Mike Futhey, who will serve as the UTU's chief negotiator. Other members of this bargaining round's negotiating committee include Assistant President Arty...
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BLET, rail unions halt SEPTA attack on FELA
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BLET, rail unions halt SEPTA attack on FELA CLEVELAND, December 21 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has forced SEPTA to stop misleading its Regional Rail Division workers that the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) does not apply to them. In January of 2009, SEPTA posted n...
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IC YM's saw how well Your UTU handled the CN in the conductors strike
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Illinois Central yardmasters now UTU members Some 50 yardmasters employed by Illinois Central Railroad (an operating subsidiary of Canadian National) are now UTU members, following those yardmasters' decision to merge their Illinois Central Yardmaster Association into the UTU. The merger v...
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Unions ask feds for bankruptcy changes
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Unions ask feds for bankruptcy changesA group of unions representing airline workers is seeking changes to U.S. bankruptcy laws that would make it harder for airlines to scrap labor agreements in court, the Washington Post reports. The Coalition of Airline Pilots Association and other unions to...
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Rails withdraw staffing & consolidation proposal
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Rails withdraw staffing & consolidation proposalA month after the UTU filed a lawsuit in federal court to block a railroad demand to bargain over "staffing and consolidation," the carriers have withdrawn that demand from their Railway Labor Act Section 6 notices. In a letter to U...
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UTUIA board post filled by UTU retiree
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UTUIA board post filled by UTU retireeRetired Ohio State Legislative Director and conductor William J. Thompson has been elected to the United Transportation Union Insurance Association Board of Directors following his nomination to the post by the UTUIA board. Thompson, now a member of the UT...
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Local 1594, SEPTA reach tentative accord
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Local 1594, SEPTA reach tentative accordPHILADELPHIA A tentative new agreement has been reached on behalf of UTU members in Local 1594 employed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) as bus and trolley operators for SEPTAs Red Arrow Division. Details of the new agr...
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Teamsters testify before Congress on proposed NMB election-rule change
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Teamsters testify before Congress on proposed NMB election-rule change (The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on December 7, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Teamsters Eastern Region Vice President John Murphy and three Continental Airlines workers who are forming their u...
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NMB eyes change to rail, air labor rule
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NMB eyes change to rail, air labor ruleA Dec. 7 hearing by the National Mediation Board could help clear the way for that agency to make union election rules at railroads and airlines more labor friendly, the Journal of Commerce reported. The board is hearing from various labor groups and industry re...
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Wis. governor to sign labor history bill
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Wis. governor to sign labor history billWisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, on Thursday, Dec. 10, will sign AB 172 into law, requiring the state's superintendent of public instruction to include the history of organized labor and collective bargaining in the model academic standards for social studi...
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As we begin national rail negotiations ...
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As we begin national rail negotiations ...By UTU International President Mike Futhey As we begin this new round of bargaining with the railroads to amend our national rail contract, I am optimistic we will reach an equitable outcome -- an agreement that benefits both parties. The carriers and the...
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Flex benefits plan ending for UTU-E members
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Flex benefits plan ending for UTU-E membersUTU engineer members covered for employee and/or dependent health care under the Railroad Employees' National Health and Welfare Plan, and who may have elected to participate in the National Flexible Benefits Program, will no longer be able to partici...
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CN work stoppage looms this weekend after talks hit impasse
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CN work stoppage looms this weekend after talks hit impasse (The following appeared on the Financial Post website on November 24, 2009.) TORONTO A potential labour disruption could be looming at Canadian National Railway Co. after the countrys largest railway decided to unilaterally impose con...
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UTU bus members gain disability insurance
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UTU bus members gain disability insuranceThe UTU has selected Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., a member of the Lincoln Financial Group, to provide a national group voluntary short-term disability plan for all bus members. Coverage is for off-duty accidents and illness, and is automatic u...
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Shoulder to shoulder with UTU members
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Shoulder to shoulder with UTU membersBy Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W. Va.) Transportation has always been a very important issue to me. The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee was the first committee assignment I sought over 32 years ago when I first became a member of Congress. Now,...
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UTU International on break until MondayThe offices of the UTU International in Cleveland will be closed the afternoon of Wed., Nov. 25, and all day Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26 and 27, in commemoration of the Thanksgiving holiday. November 25, 2009
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Now this is news...
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Union official resigns over corruption scandal. He was set up. He took the fall... Labor News Rodzwicz resigns, Sorrow takes his place Following his indictment on federal corruption charges, Edward W. Rodzwicz resigned Nov. 13 as National President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers an...
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CN to lift union engineers' pay
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CN to lift union engineers' payCanadian National Railway Co. will implement part of its contract proposals on its Canadian locomotive engineers, the carrier said on Monday, Reuters reports. The announcement by Canada's largest railway came after the Teamsters Union, which represents about 1,...
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VRE rejects Amtrak contract challenge
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VRE's ouster of Amtrak is approved; 5-year contract goes to French company (The following story by Jennifer Buske appeared on the Washington Post website on November 6, 2009. Herbert Harris Jr. is chairman of the BLETs Washington D.C. Legislative Board.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Two Virginia transport...
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FRA denies one-person crew ban
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FRA denies one-person crew banWASHINGTON The Federal Railroad Administration has denied a joint UTU/BLET petition for an emergency order prohibiting the use of one-person crews in conventional and remote control yard switching operations. In denying the joint UTU/BLET petition, the FRA, w...
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Four UTU VPs removed from office
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Four UTU VPs removed from officeCLEVELAND Four UTU International vice presidents have been removed from office by a decision of the Executive Board after having been found guilty of violating the UTU constitution. John W. Babler, Victor Baffoni, James R. Cumby and Constantino A. Iannone were fou...
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Sorrow becomes BLET's 22nd president
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Sorrow becomes BLET's 22nd presidentThe Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) announced Nov. 17 it appointed Paul Sorrow national president, making him the 22nd chief executive of North America' oldest rail labor union, Progressive Railroading reported. He had served as ac...
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Your UTU's 1 man RCO is helping
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AFL-CIO unveils plan to tackle joblessnessWASHINGTON - The head of the largest U.S. labor federation urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to use the $700 billion Wall Street bailout fund to help cash-starved small businesses as a way to stem rising joblessness, Reuters reports. In a preview of...
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SEPTA Transport Union Workers On StrikePHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) SEPTA's largest transport workers union is on strike after failing to reach a new contract during negotiations with the transit agency. Transport Workers Union Local 234 announced the strike as of 3 a.m. Tuesday. Most SEPTA services in...
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To court, again, over crew consist
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To court, again, over crew consist The UTU has asked a federal district court in East St. Louis, Ill., to rule, yet again, that the UTU has no obligation to bargain nationally over crew consist, or what the carriers now are terming, "staffing and consolidation." That same federal distric...
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