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UTU's John Risch going to Washington
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UTU's John Risch going to WashingtonCLEVELAND -- North Dakota State Legislative Director John J. Risch III, age 50, has been appointed by the UTU Board of Directors to be the UTU's alternate national legislative director. In other unanimous action taken by the UTU board July 24: *Michael N. Ander...
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UTU Board resolves 'no' SMWIA merger
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UTU Board resolves 'no' SMWIA mergerCLEVELAND -- By unanimous vote, the UTU Board of Directors on July 24 passed a resolution that a merger between the UTU and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA) "cannot and should not proceed." The merger, which was halted by a f...
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'The cost of taxing health benefits'
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'The cost of taxing health benefits'(The following opinion article by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and health-care expert James Klein was published July 23, 2009, by The Washington Post.) Congressional discussions over how to pay for health-care reform are being hindered by several myths th...
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Ex NLRB head: Big labor changes in reach
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Ex NLRB head: Big labor changes in reachWASHINGTON - Former National Labor Relations Board chairman and Stanford law Professor William Gould said Monday that the biggest changes to labor law since 1935 are within reach if provisions that have inflamed employers, particularly the elimination of...
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Four UTU officers elevated to VP
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Four UTU officers elevated to VPCLEVELAND -- Four UTU officers have been elevated to the position of International vice president to fill vacancies created when their four predecessors were removed from office by the UTU Executive Board after being found guilty of violating the UTU Constitution...
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BREAKING NEWS!!!
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UTU agreements protect laid-off workersThe adverse impact of furloughs will be lightened for some CSX workers under an innovative furlough retention board agreement negotiated by General Chairperson John Lesniewski (GO 049), with assistance from General Chairperson John Hancock (GO 851). ...
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Hours of Service rule change pits railroads against unions
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Hours of Service rule change pits railroads against unions (The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on July 2, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. An impending cap on hours worked by train crews has major U.S. railroads wanting to alter pay agreements to reflect the curbs...
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Not today. Not tomorrow. Never!
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Not today. Not tomorrow. Never! SAN FRANCISCO -- In response to UTU International President Mike Futhey announcing the flawed merger attempt with the Sheet Metal Workers International Association "dead," some 800 UTU members at a western regional meeting here July 8 responded with...
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Infighting distracting unions
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Infighting distracting unionsWASHINGTON -- With their allies controlling the White House and Congress, the nation's labor unions should be making hay. Instead many unions are making war -- largely with one another -- in the biggest, nastiest surge of labor fratricide in decades. With some union...
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The one man road....brought to you by Your UTU
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UTU Rail Safety Alert No. 1 (revised)
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UTU Rail Safety Alert No. 1 (revised)(Following is the first safety alert, revised June 22, issued by the UTU's recently appointed Rail Safety Task Force. UTU International President Mike Futhey appointed the task force in response to a sharp spike in railroad on-duty employee fatalities. The...
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Dougherty named NMB Chairman
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Dougherty named NMB Chairman (The National Mediation Board issued the following on July 1, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Dougherty, of Washington, DC, has been named to her second term as Chairman of the National Mediation Board...
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On backs and pocketbooks of employees
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On backs and pocketbooks of employees The nation's major railroads have asked a federal court to permit them to violate existing collective bargaining agreements with the UTU and the BLET when the railroads implement new hours-of-service regulations that take effect July 16. The soon-to-be-i...
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BMWED federations merge on BNSF
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BMWED federations merge on BNSFTwo BNSF Railway Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employe system federations (equivalent to UTU general committees) have merged. The new Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Frisco System Federation, which now represents more than 3,000 BMWED members, is a combinati...
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FELA: Our 24/7 guardian angel
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FELA: Our 24/7 guardian angelBy International President Mike Futhey A rail worker's best friend on the job often is one who never speaks a word, but is there 24/7. That friend is the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), which has been protecting rail workers for more than 100 years. In the hands...
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Spending wisely.....like failed A-card elections....
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Spending your dues money wisely By Kim Thompson UTU General Secretary & Treasurer Nobody spends someone elses dollars as carefully as we spend our own. The UTU International leadership is especially sensitive to the fact that members entrust us with their own hard-earned dollars, and every m...
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Rail safety alert
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Rail safety alert(Following is the first safety alert issued by the UTUs recently appointed Rail Safety Task Force. UTU International President Mike Futhey appointed the task force in response to a sharp spike in railroad on-duty employee fatalities. The UTU and the Brotherhood of Locomotive E...
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Members helping members, the UTU way
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Members helping members, the UTU way By Vic Baffoni, Vice president, UTU Bus Dept. Local UTU officers sacrifice much of their personal time, without compensation, to assist and serve their memberships, and they deserve recognition for their outstanding commitment. That is what I intend to do in t...
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How did this happen? I thought the UTU RCL agreement protected UTU jobs (at the expense of the BLE)
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We're asking FRA to ban all one-person crewsA petition for an emergency order prohibiting the use of one-person operating crews, including remote control operations, has been filed with the Federal Railroad Administration by the UTU and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. UT...
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NLRB asked to overturn Bush-era policies
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NLRB asked to overturn Bush-era policiesWASHINGTON -- Unions, uncertain about the outcome of their push for Congress to overhaul national labor law, are counting on President Barack Obama's new appointees to the National Labor Relations Board to reverse Bush-era rulings they say hamper their e...
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Group disability plan could follow delegate vote
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Group disability plan could follow delegate voteUTU delegates are voting on a change to the UTU Constitution that would permit voluntary member participation, through an opt-out provision, of any membership benefit opportunities that might arise. Passage of the change would permit, for examp...
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I'll Show You Mine If You.......
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BNSF loses its challenge to urine-test rule Bloomberg News Burli ngton Northern Santa Fe Corp. and transportation unions lost their challenge to a federal rule requiring airline and railroad companies to observe urine collections for employee drug tests. A U.S. appeals court said Friday that t...
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Make your reservations now
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UTU Alumni: Reserve your cruise tickets now!A relaxing cruise along the eastern coast of New England and Canada awaits UTU Alumni Association members. The UTU recently aligned with Landfall American Express Travel to offer members of the Alumni Association discount travel offerings. This crui...
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Easing pain of furloughs
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Easing pain of furloughsBy UTU Assistant President Arty Martin As a union, we cant make the economy better, but we always attempt to make life better for our members caught-up in the downturn. Many younger members, having left non-railroad employment to take railroad jobs, have now found themsel...
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From the Division 231 Website
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An Open Letter To Division 231 Members From Pa Legislative Chairman Ken Kertesz Brothers of Division 231: Allow me to congratulate each of you on the recently announced commitment to not only maintain 100% participation in the BLET PAC Fund, but to increase the overall amount by the amounts indica...
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