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Pssst the forum is not 100% union, we have a lot of shortline members who are not union, we have officers, we have "other" members who aren't union members...So 100% is a little off, now if you said the owner of the website is 100% union you would be correct, but even no all the mods are union so y...
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Tinmen agree not to raid the raiders
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SMWIA agrees to halt raid on UTU The Sheet Metal Workers International Association on March 11 agreed to cease and desist raiding the UTU Bus Department membership employed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and, instead, urge those employees to remain UTU membe...
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Relevent info withheld from UTU Members by Paulie?....say it ain't so
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The danger of rushed mergers(The following New York Times report reveals what happened when Bank of America too hastily merged with Merrill Lynch. The story has implications for hasty mergers of all kinds, including the hasty merger between the UTU and the Sheet Metal Workers International Asso...
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Senate confirms Solis as labor secretary
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Senate confirms Solis as labor secretary (The Associated Press circulated the following article by Sam Hananel on February 24.) WASHINGTON -- California Rep. Hilda Solis won confirmation Tuesday as President Barack Obamas labor secretary, giving the agency a decidedly pro-worker tilt after y...
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What is this?....the hunter is now the hunted
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A move to stop SMWIA meddling AKRON, Ohio -- The UTU has asked a federal district court here to prohibit further financing by the Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA) of activities intended to weaken the UTU financially and which are fueling an atmosphere of immeasurable divisiv...
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Union leaders hope for help from Obama
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Union leaders hope for help from Obama
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio - He's only been in the oval office for a month, but national and local labor union leaders are already calling President Barack Obama the most labor-friendly president in decades, the News-Herald reports.
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SEPTA hires outside lawyers at $7 million a year
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SEPTA hires outside lawyers at $7 million a year (The following article by Paul Nussbaum was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on February 19. PHILADELPHIA -- As a strike deadline looms next month for SEPTA bus, subway, and trolley operators, the transit agency will rely on two labor lawy...
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Happy Birthday Mr. UTU
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Mr. UTU to celebrate 95th birthday Former UTU International President Al Chesser celebrates his 95th birthday on Thursday, Feb. 26, and a birthday-card shower is planned. To participate, address your birthday wishes to: Mr. Al Chesser Oakhurst Towers, Apt. 411 8030 E. Girard Ave. Denver, CO 80...
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Two elevated to Your UTU's Board of Directors
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Kerley, Wier join UTU board UTU International Vice Presidents Robert D. Kerley of Ozark, Mo., and David B. Wier Sr. of Smithton, Ill., have been elevated to the UTU Board of Directors following the retirements of International Vice Presidents Roy Boling and John Fitzgerald. Kerley, age 56 (Local 3...
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UTU fights to erase entry-level rates WASHINGTON -- A veteran railroad arbitrator began deliberations Dec. 4 into whether to order carriers party to the national rail labor agreement to resolve a dispute over entry-level rates of pay through collective bargaining or further binding arbitratio...
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Negotiation versus capitulationBy UTU International President Byron A. Boyd, Jr. Nobody has made a greater contribution to railroad productivity than the rank-and-file. Radios, diesel locomotives and rear-end devices claimed tens of thousands of operating jobs while the carriers reaped su...
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FYI
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UTU, UTUIA offices to open at 10 a.m. Due to weather conditions in the Greater Cleveland area, the offices of the UTU and UTUIA will not open until 10 a.m. Wed., Jan. 28.January 28, 2009
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Got A Contract
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3 1/2 years after our last one expired, and 1 year after rejecting the only one ever put forward, we finally got another one to look at and vote on. Of course people have already decided not to vote on it even though they don't have a copy yet, they are just running on what others have told them. The benevo...
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FELA doesn't apply to SEPTA
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UTU to respond to SEPTA FELA attackPHILADELPHIA The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has unilaterally informed the UTU and other railroad labor organizations that, in its legal counsel's position, the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) does not apply to SEPTA. SEPT...
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Teamsters favor wage givebacks
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Teamsters favor wage givebacksTeamsters who work at the freight companies of YRC Worldwide -- Yellow Transportation, Roadway, Holland and New Penn trucking companies - have voted overwhelmingly to accept through March 2013 lower wages and a suspension of their COLA, reports Traffic World maga...
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Brokenrail Dead at age 61
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Brokenrail suffers stroke; hospitalized UTU National Legislative Director James Brunkenhoefer -- known affectionately as "Brokenrail" -- suffered a stroke Dec. 17 while at home and is hospitalized in Virginia in very serious condition. He is in intensive care and is not permitte...
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Call to reunify
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Breakways may reunify with AFL-CIONEW YORK - The presidents of 12 of the nation's largest labor unions called Wednesday for reuniting the American labor movement, which split apart three and a half years ago when seven unions left the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and formed a rival federation, the New York Times...
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Uncreating UTU Jobs
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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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Dirty Bob - GTF Outta Here!
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Snippy Killed Kenny Rails name new chief labor negotiator WASHINGTON -- A. Kenneth Gradia is the rail industry's new chief labor negotiator and will immediately succeed Robert F. Allen in the job as chairman of the National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC). The carriers announced the appointment...
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Supervisors ratify contract
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Conrail Shared Assets supervisors ratify pactUTU-represented mechanical supervisors employed on Conrail Shared Assets have overwhelmingly ratified a new contract. The workers, members of Locals 1949 and 1962, are employed in the Detroit, Mich., and New Jersey areas. Conrail Shared Assets i...
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"Getting laid off is the pits"
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Health care may continue after furlough Getting laid off is the pits. But there are some things you can do -- beyond applying to the Railroad Retirement Board for unemployment benefits -- to ease the financial strain. The following applies if you are covered under the NRC/UTU Health & Welfare P...
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Collective bargaining contracts under attack
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Collective bargaining contracts under attack(The following opinion article, published by The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, was written by Todd Zywicki, a law professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. The article is provided so union members can better understand and be aware of the att...
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The new timebooks are in!!! The new time books are in!!!
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Futhey report card
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Futhey administration: Year 1 report Almost a year has passed since Mike Futhey, Arty Martin and Kim Thompson took office. They ran on a platform of specific promises, including full disclosure. Following are Futhey administration promises and results, so far: Promise #1: Restructure the Inter...
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