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Merger ruling rehearing soughtFollowing an Oct. 23 inconclusive decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the case involving a ruling by a federal district court to enjoin the failed UTU/SMWIA merger, a petition was filed for rehearing by the panel or by al...

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GOP NMB chair challenges Dem majorityThe chairwoman of the National Mediation Board has sharply criticized the federal agency's proposal to change a decades-old election rule that would make it easier for airline and railway employees to unionize, exposing a sharp rift at the agency's three-pe...

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Court to decide if two-person NLRB legalWASHINGTON The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether two people can do the work of five when it comes to resolving labor-management disputes in the workplace, the Associated Press reports. The National Labor Relations Board, which for decades ha...

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New NMB rule would benefit rail, air unionsOrganized labor appears to be gaining the upper hand in the skies and on rails, as labor and business battle for influence under the Obama administration, according to the Wall Street Journal. The National Mediation Board wants to make it easier for thousa...

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UTU serves Section 6 notice on carriersUTU general chairpersons on Nov. 2 served on railroads represented by the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) the UTU's intended amendments to agreements affecting rates of pay, rules and working conditions. Such notices are required by Sect...

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NMB eyes overhaul of election rulesThe National Mediation Board is proposing an overhaul of a decades-old election rule that would make it easier for airline and railway employees to unionize in the future, according to a person familiar with the matter, according to the Wall Street Journal. Unde...

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Automatic disability insurance headed your way The UTU has selected Anthem Life Insurance Co. to provide a national group voluntary short-term disability plan for all rail members. Coverage will be automatic unless members opt out. A disability insurance plan for UTU Bus Department members wil...

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AFL-CIO president calls for new regulationsAFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Tuesday called for the creation of a new agency to specifically address systemic risk in the nation's financial system, the Associated Press reports. Trumka spoke today outside the meeting of the American Bankers A...

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Our might starts with our membersBy UTU Assistant President Arty Martin Early in our lives, we learn that success -- whether it be graduation, being selected for a church choir, earning a spot on a sports team, or being hired to drive a bus, fly a plane or switch rail cars -- requires preparation, fol...

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AFL-CIO head flexible on taxing high-value plansWASHINGTON The head of the AFL-CIO said Monday he's willing to consider a tax on high-end health insurance plans to help pay for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, as long as middle-class workers aren't hurt, the Associated Press repor...

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CN and Teamsters union to resume talks with negotiators next month (The Canadian Press circulated the following on October 23, 2009.) MONTREAL Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX:CNR) and the Teamsters union have agreed to adjourn labour talks, with plans to startup again next month with the help...

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SEPTA TWU workers authorize strikePHILADELPHIA - About 1,200 members of SEPTA's largest union -- the Transport Workers Union -- voted unanimously Sunday, Oct. 25, to strike as early as the end of this week if no contract is reached with management, the Inquirer reports. A walkout could come on th...

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Court decision inconclusive in UTU merger CINCINNATI -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Oct. 23 issued an inconclusive decision in the case involving a ruling by a federal district court in Akron, Ohio, to enjoin the failed UTU merger with the Sheet Metal Workers International Ass...

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Pro-labor legislation loomingNASHVILLE, Tenn. - The erosion of manufacturing jobs in Tennessee more than 20,000 since the recession hit has also diminished the ranks of organized labor in Middle Tennessee, the Nashville Business Journal reports. Since 2008, plant closures and layoffs have er...

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A resounding UTU victory in rep votePHILADELPHIA -- In a resounding victory, bus and trolley operators employed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's Red Arrow Division here voted 190-78 to retain the UTU as their bargaining representative. The vote favoring the UTU ca...

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Former UTU local sec-treas. sentencedCLEVELAND -- A retired Crestline CSX employee will spend a year and a day in federal prison for embezzlement, the Mansfield News Journal reported. Michael P. Kelly, 61, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to do his time at Morgantown Federal Correcti...

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National President Ed Rodzwicz placed on leave CLEVELAND, October 15 The BLET Advisory Board today placed National President Edward Rodzwicz on a leave of absence pending outcome of the serious charges levied against him by the U.S. Department of Justice. In the interim, First Vice President Pau...

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Teamsters Out To Organize More Continental WorkersVICTOR EPSTEIN, Associated Press Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) The Teamsters want to organize 8,000 fleet service workers at Continental Airlines in a bid to push the number of unionized workers at the nation's fourth-largest airline past the halfw...

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AFL-CIO & UTU: A powerful alliance By UTU International President Mike Futhey The AFL-CIO convention that elected new leadership and placed the UTU on its ruling Executive Council is the beginning of a powerful cooperative atmosphere that will be good for organized labor and, in particular,...

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BLET president arrested on bribe charge(The following press release was issued by the U.S. Justice Departments U.S. attorneys office for the Eastern District of Missouri in St. Louis.) Edward W. Rodzwicz, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, was arrested on a fed...

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SMWIAs Sullivan resigns from UTUIA boardSheet Metal Workers International Association General President Michael J. Sullivan has resigned from the board of directors of the United Transportation Union Insurance Association. Sullivan was elected to the UTUIA board before a federal court, cit...

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Safety law doesn't trump UTU agreementsIn response to a lawsuit filed by the major railroads, the UTU has asked the court to rule that hours-of-service requirements of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 do not alter or amend the UTUs collectively bargained labor contracts with those carriers...

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Board vacancies filled; Section 6 notices ok'd The UTU Board of Directors, acting under authority of Article 2 of the UTU Constitution, has filled three vacant alternate vice president positions as well as two vacant positions on the UTU Executive Board. Elected by the UTU Board of Directors to vac...

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Narcotics & sedatives: Take with cautionBy Norman K. Brown UTU Medical Adviser There is an old saying among physicians that patients will lie more often about their drug usage and their sex lives than about any other topics. So, please, just give me the facts. What drugs was Michael Jackson ta...

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S.C. site of bloody labor strike violence crumblesHONEA PATH, S.C. -- All that remains of the abandoned South Carolina textile mill that was the site of the nation's deadliest violence during a labor strike 75 years ago are crumbling brick walls, creaky wood floors and whispers of the tragedy, the A...

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	Merger ruling rehearing sought (Preview) Merger ruling rehearing soughtFollowing an Oct. 23 inconclusive decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the case involving a ruling by a federal district court to enjoin the failed UTU/SMWIA merger, a petition was filed for rehearing by the panel or by al...	Troll	0	364	11:05 PM, 11/04/09 by Troll
	GOP NMB chair challenges Dem majority (Preview) GOP NMB chair challenges Dem majorityThe chairwoman of the National Mediation Board has sharply criticized the federal agency's proposal to change a decades-old election rule that would make it easier for airline and railway employees to unionize, exposing a sharp rift at the agency's three-pe...	Troll	1	421	4:12 PM, 11/03/09 by Freddie Krueger
	Court to decide if two-person NLRB legal (Preview) Court to decide if two-person NLRB legalWASHINGTON The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether two people can do the work of five when it comes to resolving labor-management disputes in the workplace, the Associated Press reports. The National Labor Relations Board, which for decades ha...	Troll	0	361	10:15 AM, 11/03/09 by Troll
	New NMB rule would benefit rail, air unions (Preview) New NMB rule would benefit rail, air unionsOrganized labor appears to be gaining the upper hand in the skies and on rails, as labor and business battle for influence under the Obama administration, according to the Wall Street Journal. The National Mediation Board wants to make it easier for thousa...	Troll	0	344	10:14 AM, 11/03/09 by Troll
	UTU serves Section 6 notice on carriers (Preview) UTU serves Section 6 notice on carriersUTU general chairpersons on Nov. 2 served on railroads represented by the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) the UTU's intended amendments to agreements affecting rates of pay, rules and working conditions. Such notices are required by Sect...	Troll	1	408	10:12 AM, 11/03/09 by BlackDog
	NMB eyes overhaul of election rules (Preview) NMB eyes overhaul of election rulesThe National Mediation Board is proposing an overhaul of a decades-old election rule that would make it easier for airline and railway employees to unionize in the future, according to a person familiar with the matter, according to the Wall Street Journal. Unde...	Troll	0	433	8:54 AM, 11/02/09 by Troll
	Automatic disability insurance headed your way (Preview) Automatic disability insurance headed your way The UTU has selected Anthem Life Insurance Co. to provide a national group voluntary short-term disability plan for all rail members. Coverage will be automatic unless members opt out. A disability insurance plan for UTU Bus Department members wil...	Troll	0	422	4:20 PM, 10/31/09 by Troll
	AFL-CIO president calls for new regulations (Preview) AFL-CIO president calls for new regulationsAFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Tuesday called for the creation of a new agency to specifically address systemic risk in the nation's financial system, the Associated Press reports. Trumka spoke today outside the meeting of the American Bankers A...	Troll	0	372	5:03 PM, 10/29/09 by Troll
	Our might starts with our members (Preview) Our might starts with our membersBy UTU Assistant President Arty Martin Early in our lives, we learn that success -- whether it be graduation, being selected for a church choir, earning a spot on a sports team, or being hired to drive a bus, fly a plane or switch rail cars -- requires preparation, fol...	Troll	0	361	4:45 PM, 10/29/09 by Troll
	AFL-CIO head flexible on taxing high-value plans (Preview) AFL-CIO head flexible on taxing high-value plansWASHINGTON The head of the AFL-CIO said Monday he's willing to consider a tax on high-end health insurance plans to help pay for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, as long as middle-class workers aren't hurt, the Associated Press repor...	Troll	0	401	3:39 PM, 10/27/09 by Troll
	CN and Teamsters union to resume talks with negotiators next month (Preview) CN and Teamsters union to resume talks with negotiators next month (The Canadian Press circulated the following on October 23, 2009.) MONTREAL Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX:CNR) and the Teamsters union have agreed to adjourn labour talks, with plans to startup again next month with the help...	Troll	1	407	5:37 AM, 10/27/09 by BlackDog
	SEPTA TWU workers authorize strike (Preview) SEPTA TWU workers authorize strikePHILADELPHIA - About 1,200 members of SEPTA's largest union -- the Transport Workers Union -- voted unanimously Sunday, Oct. 25, to strike as early as the end of this week if no contract is reached with management, the Inquirer reports. A walkout could come on th...	Troll	0	536	9:09 AM, 10/26/09 by Troll
	Court decision inconclusive in UTU merger (Preview) Court decision inconclusive in UTU merger CINCINNATI -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Oct. 23 issued an inconclusive decision in the case involving a ruling by a federal district court in Akron, Ohio, to enjoin the failed UTU merger with the Sheet Metal Workers International Ass...	Troll	1	648	7:32 PM, 10/23/09 by Calvin
	Pro-labor legislation looming (Preview) Pro-labor legislation loomingNASHVILLE, Tenn. - The erosion of manufacturing jobs in Tennessee more than 20,000 since the recession hit has also diminished the ranks of organized labor in Middle Tennessee, the Nashville Business Journal reports. Since 2008, plant closures and layoffs have er...	Troll	1	418	9:29 AM, 10/23/09 by Calvin
	Pauley sure left a mess behind with Your UTU and the Tin Men (Preview) A resounding UTU victory in rep votePHILADELPHIA -- In a resounding victory, bus and trolley operators employed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's Red Arrow Division here voted 190-78 to retain the UTU as their bargaining representative. The vote favoring the UTU ca...	Troll	1	564	8:31 PM, 10/19/09 by Snippy
	Former UTU local sec-treas. sentenced (Preview) Former UTU local sec-treas. sentencedCLEVELAND -- A retired Crestline CSX employee will spend a year and a day in federal prison for embezzlement, the Mansfield News Journal reported. Michael P. Kelly, 61, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to do his time at Morgantown Federal Correcti...	Troll	11	539	12:53 PM, 10/18/09 by Freddie Krueger
	National President Ed Rodzwicz placed on leave (Preview) National President Ed Rodzwicz placed on leave CLEVELAND, October 15 The BLET Advisory Board today placed National President Edward Rodzwicz on a leave of absence pending outcome of the serious charges levied against him by the U.S. Department of Justice. In the interim, First Vice President Pau...	Troll	0	762	8:14 AM, 10/17/09 by Troll
	Teamsters Out To Organize More Continental Workers (Preview) Teamsters Out To Organize More Continental WorkersVICTOR EPSTEIN, Associated Press Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) The Teamsters want to organize 8,000 fleet service workers at Continental Airlines in a bid to push the number of unionized workers at the nation's fourth-largest airline past the halfw...	Troll	0	324	7:27 AM, 10/17/09 by Troll
	AFL-CIO & UTU: A powerful alliance (Preview) AFL-CIO & UTU: A powerful alliance By UTU International President Mike Futhey The AFL-CIO convention that elected new leadership and placed the UTU on its ruling Executive Council is the beginning of a powerful cooperative atmosphere that will be good for organized labor and, in particular,...	Troll	0	389	6:38 AM, 10/15/09 by Troll
	BLET president arrested on bribe charge (Preview) BLET president arrested on bribe charge(The following press release was issued by the U.S. Justice Departments U.S. attorneys office for the Eastern District of Missouri in St. Louis.) Edward W. Rodzwicz, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, was arrested on a fed...	Troll	0	463	9:56 AM, 10/14/09 by Troll
	SMWIA’s Sullivan resigns from UTUIA board (Preview) SMWIAs Sullivan resigns from UTUIA boardSheet Metal Workers International Association General President Michael J. Sullivan has resigned from the board of directors of the United Transportation Union Insurance Association. Sullivan was elected to the UTUIA board before a federal court, cit...	Troll	0	616	4:23 PM, 10/12/09 by Troll
	Safety law doesn't trump UTU agreements (Preview) Safety law doesn't trump UTU agreementsIn response to a lawsuit filed by the major railroads, the UTU has asked the court to rule that hours-of-service requirements of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 do not alter or amend the UTUs collectively bargained labor contracts with those carriers...	Troll	0	397	4:19 PM, 10/12/09 by Troll
	Board vacancies filled; Section 6 notices ok'd (Preview) Board vacancies filled; Section 6 notices ok'd The UTU Board of Directors, acting under authority of Article 2 of the UTU Constitution, has filled three vacant alternate vice president positions as well as two vacant positions on the UTU Executive Board. Elected by the UTU Board of Directors to vac...	Troll	0	453	7:00 AM, 10/08/09 by Troll
	Well.....no shit......really? (Preview) Narcotics & sedatives: Take with cautionBy Norman K. Brown UTU Medical Adviser There is an old saying among physicians that patients will lie more often about their drug usage and their sex lives than about any other topics. So, please, just give me the facts. What drugs was Michael Jackson ta...	Troll	2	441	1:27 PM, 10/06/09 by Troll
	S.C. site of bloody labor strike violence crumbles (Preview) S.C. site of bloody labor strike violence crumblesHONEA PATH, S.C. -- All that remains of the abandoned South Carolina textile mill that was the site of the nation's deadliest violence during a labor strike 75 years ago are crumbling brick walls, creaky wood floors and whispers of the tragedy, the A...	Troll	1	427	11:52 AM, 10/05/09 by Freddie Krueger
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