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SMART: ‘We must not let the crazies turn back the clock'
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We must not let the crazies turn back the clockOctober 25, 2011Mike Futhey with Bill Lucy(For more than six decades, Bill Lucy has been a labor-union foot soldier. In 1968, as an officer of AFSCME Local 1733 in Memphis, Tenn., he collaborated with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the sanitation work...
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Cum...say it ain't so
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Things are always changing on the railroad. Last Friday an arbitrator ruled that a merger between the United Transportation Union (UTU) and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association be implemented at the earliest possible date.This may mean that UTU members who now participate in the UT...
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2 rail properties, 1 bus property join SMART family
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2 rail properties, 1 bus property join SMART familyOctober 14, 2011Rail and bus workers continue to call out to get SMART for representation in these troubling times.SMARTs ability to negotiate industry-leading contracts, process grievances and achieve workplace safety improvements are mo...
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Arbitrator rules in favor of SMART mergerOctober 11, 2011An arbitrator has ruled that a merger between the UTU and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA) be implemented at the earliest possible date and that the presidents of the two unions or their designees meet within 15 day...
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Contract backpay
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When will that money be in my hot little hands? Got a Dane in need of a new home (my home) and lots of medical treatment for him.
Hey...I'm a woman..I'm all bout the $$$$ ya know. 
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Hey! This Is Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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UTU pact sweet as health care premiums soarSeptember 28, 2011The UTUs ratified national rail contract locking in for six years a $200 monthly health care insurance premium is looking even more attractive following a Kaiser Family Foundation study showing health care costs and health care premi...
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BLET to hold strike authorization vote
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http://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=5180 BLET to hold strike authorization vote CLEVELAND, September 16 In a conference call held with all BLET General Chairmen yesterday morning, National President Dennis R. Pierce announced that preparations are underway to...
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We've got more power than the UAW!
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Although they DO have a few legitimate grievances, but we have more. And we oughta make the railroads take notice.GM-UAW agree on new contractDEE-ANN DURBINFrom Associated PressSeptember 17, 2011 1:03 AM EDT DETROIT (AP) General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers, sobered by the government b...
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Blackball a person who wants to Join our Division.
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LC called me tonight and left a message. This guy wants to join our Division, and it so happens he has an investigation next Wed. LC didn't commit to the guy. I will have to look up the procedure to Blackball him. This guy works about once a week. I have no idea how he has done it, but I think it has caught...
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Extra! Extra! Futhey Re-elected; Vote a SWIMA ‘repudiation'
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Futhey re-elected; vote a SWIMAs repudiationAugust 8, 2011FUTHEYHOLLYWOOD, Fla. Mike Futhey was elected to his second four-year term as president of the United Transportation Union Aug. 8 during the UTUs 11th quadrennial convention here.Also re-elected were Assistant President Arty Martin...
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A victory for rail workers as Supreme Court upholds FELA negligence standard CLEVELAND, June 23 Rail Labor scored a major victory today as the United States Supreme Court rejected an argument by CSX Transportation that would have made it much more difficult for railroad workers to be compensate...
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Got one back.
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Finally got a member back who ran through a signal. Albany Division manager is a sixth month man. The guy coming back is actually a good guy, but he does have a tendency to lose focus. I hope he learned something from this.
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Another organizing win for UTU; 21 since '08
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Another organizing win for UTU; 21 since '08 Maintenance-of-way employees on Georgia & Florida Railway -- where train and engine workers have been UTU members since 2006 -- have voted unanimously in favor of UTU representation. UTU organizer Mike Lewis, who has secured numerous previous org...
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I had a member ask me a question and I used the search feature and could find anything to do with a new FRA ruling on meals, just seeing if anyone else knows.
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Latest attack: In Michigan
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Latest attack: In Michigan LANSING, Mich. -- In another blow to public employee collective-bargaining rights, the Michigan House and Senate have passed legislation allowing non-elected emergency financial managers in financially struggling cities and school districts to terminate union c...
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Wisconsin governor: 'Mobilizer of the Year'
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Wisconsin governor: 'Mobilizer of the Year' As expected, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin House of Representatives March 10 approved state senate passed legislation revoking collective bargaining rights for public employees. The bill now goes to Republican Gov. Scott Walker who promis...
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Contribute to preserve collective bargaining
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Contribute to preserve collective bargaining By International President Mike Futhey In state after state, anti-union right-wing extremists are targeting labor unions for destruction. It started with public-employee unions, but that's not the end game. The end game is destruction of all labo...
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UTU GC Draskovich honored by NMB
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UTU GC Draskovich honored by NMB UTU General Chairperson Rich Draskovich (Union Pacific, GO 953) has been recognized by the National Mediation Board (NMB) for "a special achievement" in helping reduce the agencys backlog of rail-labor grievances. In presenting the award, NMB Chairm...
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Ohio GOP gives tax break to petroleum companies, slashes public transit spending
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Ohio GOP gives tax break to petroleum companies, slashes public transit spending (The following appeared at www.OhioBudgetWatch.com on March 8, 2011.) The House Finance Committee passed a substitute version of HB114, the transportation budget bill, on Monday. Included among the many amendme...
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Ohio GOP hopes to fast track vote on Senate Bill 5
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Ohio GOP hopes to fast track vote on Senate Bill 5 (The following appeared on The Columbus Dispatch website on March 9, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio House Speaker William G. Batchelder now says he hopes to bring the collective-bargaining bill to the floor for a vote next week, after indicating for the past s...
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'Pearl Harbor of workers' rights:' Unions launch morning protests across Wisconsin
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'Pearl Harbor of workers' rights:' Unions launch morning protests across Wisconsin (The following appeared on the Huffington Post website on March 10, 2011.) In the wake of the Wisconsin Senate's end-run to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights, thousands of angry protesters...
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In Wisconsin, 'political thuggery' as GOP passes anti-union legislation
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In Wisconsin, 'political thuggery' as GOP passes anti-union legislation (The following appeared on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website on March 10, 2011.) MADISON, Wisc. With Democrats still in Illinois, the state Senate abruptly voted Wednesday night to eliminate collective bargaining...
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Union-busting bills gain in several states
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Union-busting bills gain in several states The Republican controlled Wisconsin state senate, with all Democrats still absent, passed a bill late Wednesday, March 9, stripping from public employees almost all collective bargaining rights. The vote was 18-1, with a lone Republican, Sen. Dale Sc...
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Federal judge rules in merger cases
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Federal judge rules in merger cases WASHINGTON -- Late Friday, March 4, U.S. District Court Judge John Bates issued several rulings regarding the pending cases regarding the UTU and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association -- SMWIA v. UTU and Murphy et al. v. SMWIA. Initially, Judge Bate...
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Two appointments to UTU executive posts
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Two appointments to UTU executive posts Two executive vacancies have been filled by the UTU Board of Directors. General Chairperson John Lesniewski (CSX, GO 049) was elected second alternate vice president - east, to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of now former General Chairperson Jim H...
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