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FedEx drivers launch suit for reclassification (The following story by Thomas L. Gallagher appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on August 18, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The battle over the employment status of drivers at FedEx Ground moved to Massachusetts this week as 31 current and former d...

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Repubs target NLRB member BeckerRepublicans and anti-union groups are demanding that a new member of the National Labor Relations Board recuse himself from cases involving chapters of the union he used to work for, a continuation of the fight that surrounded his nomination, the Washington Post r...

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Laborers' union to rejoin AFL-CIOThe Laborers' International Union is rejoining the AFL-CIO five years after leaving in a bitter dispute that split the U.S. labor movement, according to the Associated Press. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says the move is an important step in helping organiz...

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TWU opens fire on NYC MTA CEONEW YORK - The transit workers union is ratcheting up a class warfare campaign against MTA Chairman Jay Walder, the Daily News reports. In the wake of painful service cuts and layoffs, Transport Workers Union Local 100 has already asked Walder to cut his $350,000 salary - a...

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Anti-union measure debated in 4 states With Washington silent for now on legislation championed by unions, the debate is playing out instead in the states, the Associated Press reports. The states are Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah. With a measure approved Wednesday by its Repu...

UTU member survey: Results are in · Troll

UTU member survey: Results are inHere are the results from the recently completed national UTU survey, where members were asked their views on national issues, voting, the UTU PAC and the Rail Safety Improvement Act (RSIA). In total, 2,016 members participated in the online survey, a substantia...

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SEIU and Unite Here end 18-month feud (The following story by Alec MacGillis appeared on the Washington Post website on July 27, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Two of the country's largest unions have resolved a vicious feud that roiled organized labor for 18 months, costing it hundreds of thousands of do...

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West Nile virus prompts FELA claimThe Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Wyoming woman should have her day in court as she accuses Omaha-based Union Pacific Railroad of not doing enough to protect her against mosquito bites, the Omaha (Neb.) World Herald reports. The high court said Vivika...

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Improper 'downloading' is scabbing Scabs, as we know, attack our pay checks. Novelist Jack London wrote, "After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vampire, he had some awful substance left with which he made the scab." When one's livelihood is working to create motion pict...

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State of the union, 2010By International President Mike Futhey Are things better now than they were three years ago? Have you witnessed an improvement in representation, union finances, internal procedures and management transparency since Arty Martin, Kim Thompson and I took office Jan. 1, 20...

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New mediator joins National Mediation Board (The National Mediation Board issued the following on August 6, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce the selection of Michael Kelliher to fill a mediator position within the agency. In this capacity, he wil...

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CSX committees ok implementing agreementUTU local chairpersons representing CSX Eastern, Western and Northern Lines workers have overwhelmingly ratified a new Northern Mid-Atlantic District implementing agreement. More than 91 percent of the local chairpersons voted to ratify the agreem...

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UTU, BLET support FMLA improvements The UTU and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen are jointly supporting a House bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to clarify eligibility requirements for railroad workers. The FMLA allows employees job-protected unpaid le...

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Obama pledges labor support at AFL-CIO meeting (The following story by Kendra Marr appeared at Politico.com on August 4, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to keep fighting for union-friendly legislation, as he urged labor leaders to go to the polls for Democrats in t...

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AFL-CIO urges unions to step up for DemsWASHINGTON -- The head of the nation's largest labor federation on Tuesday urged union leaders to step up support for Democrats in the November elections, despite some frustration with the pace of gains on labor's agenda. AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka sa...

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UTU confronts school-bus driver concernsAt the request of the UTU, and four other unions, the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD) has added a bus issues portfolio to its Washington lobbying responsibilities. The UTU's Bus Department alternate vice presidents, Bonnie Morr and Ca...

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Northern Quebec conductors ratify new agreement (CN issued the following on July 29, 2010.) MONTREAL CN conductors represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) on the Company's Northern Quebec Internal Short Line have ratified a new five-year collective agreement. Retroactive...

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Pickett re-elected BRS presidentDan Pickett was re-elected July 28 to his fifth full term as president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen. He first became BRS president in 1992, after serving as the BRS southeast region vice president. The current term is through 2014. Pickett began his ra...

UTU members honor USW picket line · Troll

UTU members honor USW picket lineDULUTH -- Liberty Line vessels on the Great Lakes have names like American Courage, Fortitude, and Integrity. The names also define 80 members of United Steelworkers Great Lakes Seamen Local 5000 who continue their 10-month picket in a lockout/strike with the Lib...

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Representation, representation, representationPHOENIX The first of two 2010 UTU regional meetings opened here Monday with UTU International President Mike Futhey emphasizing that member representation is the single highest priority of the union. In a second welcoming message, Assistant...

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SEIU, UNITE HERE settle feudFeuding labor unions -- the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and UNITE HERE -- announced a settlement agreement July 26 on behalf of the unions' members and elected leadership that will bring to a close the protracted dispute between the unions, reports th...

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New agreement reached on DM&IRA tentative agreement has been reached with the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range (DM&IR) Railway covering wages, benefits and working conditions for conductors and trainmen. DM&IR is part of CN North America. UTU General Chairpersons Tom Jackson (G...

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152 arrested at San Fran hotel protestSAN FRANCISCO More than 150 hotel workers and labor union supporters have been arrested in San Francisco after gathering outside a hotel as part of a nationwide protest seeking better wages and working conditions, the Associated Press reports. Organizers sa...

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Union bashing promotes race to the bottomIt's become fashionable in America to bash the unionsm writes Dave Zweifel of The Capital Times. Corporate America is winning the public relations fight. Unions are the bad guys, never willing to give, always wanting more. Witness the Wisconsin State Jour...

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Ex-UTU GC sentenced for embezzlementDULUTH, Minn. -- A former chairman of UTU General Committee 325 (Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific) was sentenced by a federal court this week to three months in prison and a fine and restitution of $78,000 after pleading guilty to embezzling union funds and colle...

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	FedEx drivers launch suit for reclassification (Preview) FedEx drivers launch suit for reclassification (The following story by Thomas L. Gallagher appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on August 18, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The battle over the employment status of drivers at FedEx Ground moved to Massachusetts this week as 31 current and former d...	Troll	0	452	11:49 AM, 08/19/10 by Troll
	Repubs target NLRB member Becker (Preview) Repubs target NLRB member BeckerRepublicans and anti-union groups are demanding that a new member of the National Labor Relations Board recuse himself from cases involving chapters of the union he used to work for, a continuation of the fight that surrounded his nomination, the Washington Post r...	Troll	0	427	1:16 PM, 08/18/10 by Troll
	Laborers' union to rejoin AFL-CIO (Preview) Laborers' union to rejoin AFL-CIOThe Laborers' International Union is rejoining the AFL-CIO five years after leaving in a bitter dispute that split the U.S. labor movement, according to the Associated Press. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says the move is an important step in helping organiz...	Troll	0	413	1:04 PM, 08/16/10 by Troll
	TWU opens fire on NYC MTA CEO (Preview) TWU opens fire on NYC MTA CEONEW YORK - The transit workers union is ratcheting up a class warfare campaign against MTA Chairman Jay Walder, the Daily News reports. In the wake of painful service cuts and layoffs, Transport Workers Union Local 100 has already asked Walder to cut his $350,000 salary - a...	Troll	0	342	9:06 AM, 08/14/10 by Troll
	Anti-union measure debated in 4 states (Preview) Anti-union measure debated in 4 states With Washington silent for now on legislation championed by unions, the debate is playing out instead in the states, the Associated Press reports. The states are Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah. With a measure approved Wednesday by its Repu...	Troll	0	374	9:00 AM, 08/14/10 by Troll
	UTU member survey: Results are in (Preview) UTU member survey: Results are inHere are the results from the recently completed national UTU survey, where members were asked their views on national issues, voting, the UTU PAC and the Rail Safety Improvement Act (RSIA). In total, 2,016 members participated in the online survey, a substantia...	Troll	3	461	6:31 PM, 08/13/10 by Snippy
	SEIU and Unite Here end 18-month feud (Preview) SEIU and Unite Here end 18-month feud (The following story by Alec MacGillis appeared on the Washington Post website on July 27, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Two of the country's largest unions have resolved a vicious feud that roiled organized labor for 18 months, costing it hundreds of thousands of do...	Troll	2	467	2:01 PM, 08/12/10 by Troll
	West Nile virus prompts FELA claim (Preview) West Nile virus prompts FELA claimThe Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Wyoming woman should have her day in court as she accuses Omaha-based Union Pacific Railroad of not doing enough to protect her against mosquito bites, the Omaha (Neb.) World Herald reports. The high court said Vivika...	Troll	1	687	3:20 AM, 08/10/10 by Troll
	Improper 'downloading' is scabbing (Preview) Improper 'downloading' is scabbing Scabs, as we know, attack our pay checks. Novelist Jack London wrote, "After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vampire, he had some awful substance left with which he made the scab." When one's livelihood is working to create motion pict...	Troll	3	786	3:18 AM, 08/10/10 by Troll
	State of the union, 2010 (Preview) State of the union, 2010By International President Mike Futhey Are things better now than they were three years ago? Have you witnessed an improvement in representation, union finances, internal procedures and management transparency since Arty Martin, Kim Thompson and I took office Jan. 1, 20...	Troll	0	335	3:15 AM, 08/10/10 by Troll
	New mediator joins National Mediation Board (Preview) New mediator joins National Mediation Board (The National Mediation Board issued the following on August 6, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce the selection of Michael Kelliher to fill a mediator position within the agency. In this capacity, he wil...	Troll	0	396	2:43 AM, 08/10/10 by Troll
	CSX committees ok implementing agreement (Preview) CSX committees ok implementing agreementUTU local chairpersons representing CSX Eastern, Western and Northern Lines workers have overwhelmingly ratified a new Northern Mid-Atlantic District implementing agreement. More than 91 percent of the local chairpersons voted to ratify the agreem...	Troll	6	1309	7:53 AM, 08/06/10 by Troll
	UTU, BLET support FMLA improvements (Preview) UTU, BLET support FMLA improvements The UTU and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen are jointly supporting a House bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to clarify eligibility requirements for railroad workers. The FMLA allows employees job-protected unpaid le...	Troll	0	375	7:33 AM, 08/06/10 by Troll
	Obama pledges labor support at AFL-CIO meeting (Preview) Obama pledges labor support at AFL-CIO meeting (The following story by Kendra Marr appeared at Politico.com on August 4, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to keep fighting for union-friendly legislation, as he urged labor leaders to go to the polls for Democrats in t...	Troll	0	363	11:22 AM, 08/05/10 by Troll
	AFL-CIO urges unions to step up for Dems (Preview) AFL-CIO urges unions to step up for DemsWASHINGTON -- The head of the nation's largest labor federation on Tuesday urged union leaders to step up support for Democrats in the November elections, despite some frustration with the pace of gains on labor's agenda. AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka sa...	Troll	0	307	12:05 PM, 08/04/10 by Troll
	UTU confronts school-bus driver concerns (Preview) UTU confronts school-bus driver concernsAt the request of the UTU, and four other unions, the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD) has added a bus issues portfolio to its Washington lobbying responsibilities. The UTU's Bus Department alternate vice presidents, Bonnie Morr and Ca...	Troll	0	382	12:03 PM, 08/04/10 by Troll
	Northern Quebec conductors ratify new agreement (Preview) Northern Quebec conductors ratify new agreement (CN issued the following on July 29, 2010.) MONTREAL CN conductors represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) on the Company's Northern Quebec Internal Short Line have ratified a new five-year collective agreement. Retroactive...	Troll	1	397	6:22 PM, 08/02/10 by Troll
	Pickett re-elected BRS president (Preview) Pickett re-elected BRS presidentDan Pickett was re-elected July 28 to his fifth full term as president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen. He first became BRS president in 1992, after serving as the BRS southeast region vice president. The current term is through 2014. Pickett began his ra...	Troll	1	451	10:32 AM, 07/30/10 by Freddie Krueger
	UTU members honor USW picket line (Preview) UTU members honor USW picket lineDULUTH -- Liberty Line vessels on the Great Lakes have names like American Courage, Fortitude, and Integrity. The names also define 80 members of United Steelworkers Great Lakes Seamen Local 5000 who continue their 10-month picket in a lockout/strike with the Lib...	Troll	2	1522	8:28 AM, 07/29/10 by BlackDog
	Representation, representation, representation (Preview) Representation, representation, representationPHOENIX The first of two 2010 UTU regional meetings opened here Monday with UTU International President Mike Futhey emphasizing that member representation is the single highest priority of the union. In a second welcoming message, Assistant...	Troll	8	748	7:10 PM, 07/28/10 by Snippy
	SEIU, UNITE HERE settle feud (Preview) SEIU, UNITE HERE settle feudFeuding labor unions -- the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and UNITE HERE -- announced a settlement agreement July 26 on behalf of the unions' members and elected leadership that will bring to a close the protracted dispute between the unions, reports th...	Troll	0	375	9:27 AM, 07/27/10 by Troll
	New agreement reached on DM&IR (Preview) New agreement reached on DM&IRA tentative agreement has been reached with the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range (DM&IR) Railway covering wages, benefits and working conditions for conductors and trainmen. DM&IR is part of CN North America. UTU General Chairpersons Tom Jackson (G...	Troll	4	509	5:22 PM, 07/23/10 by Cy Valley
	152 arrested at San Fran hotel protest (Preview) 152 arrested at San Fran hotel protestSAN FRANCISCO More than 150 hotel workers and labor union supporters have been arrested in San Francisco after gathering outside a hotel as part of a nationwide protest seeking better wages and working conditions, the Associated Press reports. Organizers sa...	Troll	0	336	1:07 PM, 07/23/10 by Troll
	Union bashing promotes race to the bottom (Preview) Union bashing promotes race to the bottomIt's become fashionable in America to bash the unionsm writes Dave Zweifel of The Capital Times. Corporate America is winning the public relations fight. Unions are the bad guys, never willing to give, always wanting more. Witness the Wisconsin State Jour...	Troll	0	331	12:56 PM, 07/23/10 by Troll
	Ex-UTU GC sentenced for embezzlement (Preview) Ex-UTU GC sentenced for embezzlementDULUTH, Minn. -- A former chairman of UTU General Committee 325 (Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific) was sentenced by a federal court this week to three months in prison and a fine and restitution of $78,000 after pleading guilty to embezzling union funds and colle...	Troll	1	438	11:09 AM, 07/22/10 by Freddie Krueger
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