Railroaders place to shoot the shit.

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UTU to Congress: 'End air-employee abuse' Airline pilots who sleep in the terminal because lodging is not provided? Flight attendants who cant afford dental care and have used Super Glue to mend a broken tooth? Pilots and flight attendants who qualify for food-stamps? For airline pilots and fligh...

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'Scabby' a popular but extreme labor weapon It's the motor, Doug Webber thinks. Something is wrong with the rat's motor. When the rat is up, it is 13 feet tall, it has glowing red eyes, it has black claws, it has yellow teeth, it has a pustulated sore in the middle of its belly that measures about one foot b...

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Hoffa elected Secretary-Treasurer of Change To Win (The Change to Win Coalition issued the following on September 30, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The Change to Win (CtW) Leadership Council elected Joe Hansen, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) President, as its new Chai...

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Posted on Wed, Sep. 29, 2010 Wildcatters shut port in anti-Del Monte moveBy REGINA MEDINA Philadelphia Daily Newsmedinar@phillynews.com 215-854-5985 Dock workers in Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey walked off the job yesterday to protest plans by Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. to move its ope...

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GOP backing secret ballot in union votesArizonans will vote Nov. 2 on whether they want a provision added to the state constitution guaranteeing secret ballots in union elections, the Arizona Daily Star reports. Proposition 113 would not change existing law. The National Labor Relations Act alr...

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Republican lawyer nominated for NMB WASHINGTON President Obama has nominated Republican Thomas M. Beck, an attorney, to succeed Republican Elizabeth Dougherty on the three-member National Mediation Board. The nomination requires Senate confirmation, and a confirmation hearing before t...

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Teamsters spend nearly $405K on 2Q lobbying (The Associated Press circulated the following on September 25, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters boosted its federal lobbying spending to $405,100 in the second quarter on issues ranging from outsourcing of aircra...

Unions make even non-members happier · Troll

Unions make even non-members happierThe American worker has never been more dissatisfied with his job. Meanwhile, union membership continues its 50-year decline. Coincidence? Benjamin Radcliff thinks not. He's a professor of political science at Notre Dame and the co-author of a new study abo...

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Let's organize the unorganized By Richard Ross UTU Director of Organizing The UTU has a long history of representing transportation workers -- fighting on their behalf for better job security, and improved wages, benefits and working conditions. We have consistently handled more claims before...

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UTU reaches new pact with Illinois MidlandThe UTU and Illinois Midland Railroad (IMR) have reached a tentative new five-year contract covering wages, benefits and working conditions for IMR signal maintainers, mechanical forces and maintenance of-way employees. IMR is a subsidiary of Genese...

UTU members ratify new DM&IR contract · Troll

UTU members ratify new DM&IR contractDuluth, Missabe and Iron Range conductors and trainmen represented by the UTU have ratified a new seven-year agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions. DM&IR is part of CN North America. The new agreement, retroactive with back pa...

BLET members ratify DM&E contract · Troll

BLET members ratify DM&E contract CLEVELAND, September 7 Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroad on August 23. The new agreement provides for 14...

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Labor strikes losing ground in tough economyWhen Karl Fendelander, 27, got one of his first real jobs as a warehouse worker for a manufacturing company in Reno, Nev., a lot of people were giving him dirty looks at work. He was sent there by a temp agency and was unaware that the bulk of facility's regula...

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Think unions? Think better wages, benefits(The following opinion article, written by UTU Alternate National Legislative Director John Risch, was published Labor Day by the Bismarck Tribune. Risch formerly was UTU's North Dakota state legislative director.) While relaxing this long holida...

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Ruling allows unions to hang protest bannersWASHINGTON -- Labor unions won expanded rights to hang protest banners outside businesses, the National Labor Relations Board decided in a vote along party lines, Bloomberg News reported. The NLRB in a 3-2 decision made it legal for unions to set up bann...

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State of the union: Continuous improvementPHOENIX -- UTU International President Mike Futhey's state of the union message here July 28 opened with a simple question: "Are things better now than they were three years ago?" The question was asked of hundreds of attendees at the first of...

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Let the word go forth: 'Don't tread on labor'MINEOLA, N.Y. -- In a bipartisan show of support for rail labor, five U.S. congressional representatives stood arm-in-arm with UTU General Chairperson Anthony Simon (GO 505) and other rail labor leaders Aug. 30 at a rally here protesting Long Island Rai...

Freddie Krueger · Freddie Krueger

Three members upgraded their Legislative contributions up to $10 a month now to join the Senators club. That makes five of us in the Divison. Troll gives, but he is still in piss boy status.

Cy Valley · Cy Valley

BLET Members Save the Right to Vote August 30, 2010: By an overwhelming vote of 6,305 to 2,452, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) in the Teamsters have saved the Right to Vote for their top officers. BLET members won the Right to Vote in 2006, by a smaller margin and...

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UTU officers' removal heads back to courtCINCINNATI -- The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a challenge to a restraining order against the removal of four UTU vice presidents by the UTU Executive Board be heard by a federal district court in Akron, Ohio. In November 2009, the feder...

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T&E workers in Georgia vote UTUTrain and engine employees on Fulton County Railway outside Atlanta have voted for UTU representation. The switching railroad, owned by OmniTRAX, operates 55 miles of former CSX track in an industrial park serving some 40 warehouses and light-manufacturing p...

Goat Rider · Goat Rider

psst....... If we started a give away for a free lap top computer to the union local that has the most members here do you think it would increase our membership and get more union members involved here

Snippy · Snippy

ramp-up the process of identifying and mentoring younger members Artie's looking to mentor a younger member. Younger members are our future Most of us began our careers when a caboose trailed every train and computers were something we read about in Mechanix Illustrated. [url]http://www.utu.o...

Goat Rider · Goat Rider

What magazines, news papers or trade papers do railroaders - not foamers read? We already know about the usual porn, we want the borign railroad ones........

Troll · Troll

UTU DIPP: Above all, 'peace of mind'By General Secretary & Treasurer Kim Thompson We are all familiar with employers imposing unwarranted discipline and even dismissal on employees. A member survey by the UTUs Rail Safety Task Force revealed that more than 50 percent of train, engine and yar...

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	UTU to Congress: 'End air-employee abuse' (Preview) UTU to Congress: 'End air-employee abuse' Airline pilots who sleep in the terminal because lodging is not provided? Flight attendants who cant afford dental care and have used Super Glue to mend a broken tooth? Pilots and flight attendants who qualify for food-stamps? For airline pilots and fligh...	Troll	1	934	8:09 AM, 10/05/10 by Calvin
	'Scabby' a popular but extreme labor weapon (Preview) 'Scabby' a popular but extreme labor weapon It's the motor, Doug Webber thinks. Something is wrong with the rat's motor. When the rat is up, it is 13 feet tall, it has glowing red eyes, it has black claws, it has yellow teeth, it has a pustulated sore in the middle of its belly that measures about one foot b...	Troll	1	528	7:15 AM, 10/04/10 by Troll
	Hoffa elected Secretary-Treasurer of Change To Win (Preview) Hoffa elected Secretary-Treasurer of Change To Win (The Change to Win Coalition issued the following on September 30, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The Change to Win (CtW) Leadership Council elected Joe Hansen, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) President, as its new Chai...	Troll	0	463	10:02 AM, 10/01/10 by Troll
	Wildcatters shut port in anti-Del Monte move (Preview) Posted on Wed, Sep. 29, 2010 Wildcatters shut port in anti-Del Monte moveBy REGINA MEDINA Philadelphia Daily Newsmedinar@phillynews.com 215-854-5985 Dock workers in Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey walked off the job yesterday to protest plans by Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. to move its ope...	Troll	1	822	7:22 AM, 09/30/10 by Troll
	GOP backing secret ballot in union votes (Preview) GOP backing secret ballot in union votesArizonans will vote Nov. 2 on whether they want a provision added to the state constitution guaranteeing secret ballots in union elections, the Arizona Daily Star reports. Proposition 113 would not change existing law. The National Labor Relations Act alr...	Troll	0	451	7:23 AM, 09/29/10 by Troll
	Republican lawyer nominated for NMB (Preview) Republican lawyer nominated for NMB WASHINGTON President Obama has nominated Republican Thomas M. Beck, an attorney, to succeed Republican Elizabeth Dougherty on the three-member National Mediation Board. The nomination requires Senate confirmation, and a confirmation hearing before t...	Troll	0	504	7:54 AM, 09/27/10 by Troll
	Teamsters spend nearly $405K on 2Q lobbying (Preview) Teamsters spend nearly $405K on 2Q lobbying (The Associated Press circulated the following on September 25, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters boosted its federal lobbying spending to $405,100 in the second quarter on issues ranging from outsourcing of aircra...	Troll	0	425	7:43 AM, 09/27/10 by Troll
	Unions make even non-members happier (Preview) Unions make even non-members happierThe American worker has never been more dissatisfied with his job. Meanwhile, union membership continues its 50-year decline. Coincidence? Benjamin Radcliff thinks not. He's a professor of political science at Notre Dame and the co-author of a new study abo...	Troll	0	380	9:55 AM, 09/23/10 by Troll
	Let's organize the unorganized (Preview) Let's organize the unorganized By Richard Ross UTU Director of Organizing The UTU has a long history of representing transportation workers -- fighting on their behalf for better job security, and improved wages, benefits and working conditions. We have consistently handled more claims before...	Troll	0	360	11:04 AM, 09/17/10 by Troll
	UTU reaches new pact with Illinois Midland (Preview) UTU reaches new pact with Illinois MidlandThe UTU and Illinois Midland Railroad (IMR) have reached a tentative new five-year contract covering wages, benefits and working conditions for IMR signal maintainers, mechanical forces and maintenance of-way employees. IMR is a subsidiary of Genese...	Troll	0	450	7:05 AM, 09/13/10 by Troll
	UTU members ratify new DM&IR contract (Preview) UTU members ratify new DM&IR contractDuluth, Missabe and Iron Range conductors and trainmen represented by the UTU have ratified a new seven-year agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions. DM&IR is part of CN North America. The new agreement, retroactive with back pa...	Troll	1	596	12:31 PM, 09/07/10 by Freddie Krueger
	BLET members ratify DM&E contract (Preview) BLET members ratify DM&E contract CLEVELAND, September 7 Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroad on August 23. The new agreement provides for 14...	Troll	0	392	10:34 AM, 09/07/10 by Troll
	Labor strikes losing ground in tough economy (Preview) Labor strikes losing ground in tough economyWhen Karl Fendelander, 27, got one of his first real jobs as a warehouse worker for a manufacturing company in Reno, Nev., a lot of people were giving him dirty looks at work. He was sent there by a temp agency and was unaware that the bulk of facility's regula...	Troll	0	372	10:33 AM, 09/07/10 by Troll
	Think unions? Think better wages, benefits (Preview) Think unions? Think better wages, benefits(The following opinion article, written by UTU Alternate National Legislative Director John Risch, was published Labor Day by the Bismarck Tribune. Risch formerly was UTU's North Dakota state legislative director.) While relaxing this long holida...	Troll	0	555	10:27 AM, 09/07/10 by Troll
	Ruling allows unions to hang protest banners (Preview) Ruling allows unions to hang protest bannersWASHINGTON -- Labor unions won expanded rights to hang protest banners outside businesses, the National Labor Relations Board decided in a vote along party lines, Bloomberg News reported. The NLRB in a 3-2 decision made it legal for unions to set up bann...	Troll	0	509	9:59 PM, 09/03/10 by Troll
	State of the union: Continuous improvement (Preview) State of the union: Continuous improvementPHOENIX -- UTU International President Mike Futhey's state of the union message here July 28 opened with a simple question: "Are things better now than they were three years ago?" The question was asked of hundreds of attendees at the first of...	Troll	5	1428	9:57 PM, 09/03/10 by Troll
	Let the word go forth: 'Don't tread on labor' (Preview) Let the word go forth: 'Don't tread on labor'MINEOLA, N.Y. -- In a bipartisan show of support for rail labor, five U.S. congressional representatives stood arm-in-arm with UTU General Chairperson Anthony Simon (GO 505) and other rail labor leaders Aug. 30 at a rally here protesting Long Island Rai...	Troll	3	697	12:10 AM, 09/03/10 by Troll
	Senators, Division 231 has three new Senators. (Preview) Three members upgraded their Legislative contributions up to $10 a month now to join the Senators club. That makes five of us in the Divison. Troll gives, but he is still in piss boy status.	Freddie Krueger	2	659	12:56 AM, 09/02/10 by Freddie Krueger
	Ok, Now Get Out the Vote (Preview) BLET Members Save the Right to Vote August 30, 2010: By an overwhelming vote of 6,305 to 2,452, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) in the Teamsters have saved the Right to Vote for their top officers. BLET members won the Right to Vote in 2006, by a smaller margin and...	Cy Valley	7	904	12:55 AM, 09/02/10 by Freddie Krueger
	UTU officers' removal heads back to court (Preview) UTU officers' removal heads back to courtCINCINNATI -- The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a challenge to a restraining order against the removal of four UTU vice presidents by the UTU Executive Board be heard by a federal district court in Akron, Ohio. In November 2009, the feder...	Troll	0	373	11:21 AM, 08/30/10 by Troll
	T&E workers in Georgia vote UTU (Preview) T&E workers in Georgia vote UTUTrain and engine employees on Fulton County Railway outside Atlanta have voted for UTU representation. The switching railroad, owned by OmniTRAX, operates 55 miles of former CSX track in an industrial park serving some 40 warehouses and light-manufacturing p...	Troll	3	487	3:09 PM, 08/27/10 by Calvin
	Okat heres a question for all (Preview) psst....... If we started a give away for a free lap top computer to the union local that has the most members here do you think it would increase our membership and get more union members involved here	Goat Rider	10	816	10:37 PM, 08/25/10 by Goat Rider
	Hey, Zeb Atlas, Meet Artie "Last Man Standing" Martin (Preview) ramp-up the process of identifying and mentoring younger members Artie's looking to mentor a younger member. Younger members are our future Most of us began our careers when a caboose trailed every train and computers were something we read about in Mechanix Illustrated. [url]http://www.utu.o...	Snippy	1	762	3:57 AM, 08/25/10 by Troll
	readign material`? (Preview) What magazines, news papers or trade papers do railroaders - not foamers read? We already know about the usual porn, we want the borign railroad ones........	Goat Rider	4	447	6:49 AM, 08/22/10 by Cy Valley
	UTU DIPP: Above all, 'peace of mind' (Preview) UTU DIPP: Above all, 'peace of mind'By General Secretary & Treasurer Kim Thompson We are all familiar with employers imposing unwarranted discipline and even dismissal on employees. A member survey by the UTUs Rail Safety Task Force revealed that more than 50 percent of train, engine and yar...	Troll	0	501	8:34 AM, 08/20/10 by Troll
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