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CN Canada members choose TCRC

OTTAWA -- More than 2,000 Canadian National running trades and yardmaster employees in Canada, represented by the UTU, have voted to affiliate with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), announced the Canadian Industrial Relations Board, Aug. 29.

The practical effect of the vote is that it will save the UTU International more than $100,000 per month, or more than $1.2 million annually. That is the difference between the amount of dues collected from those CN-employed members in Canada and the cost to the International of representing them. 

The vote was expected after it was revealed last year that UTU leaders in Canada had been plotting with TCRC officials.

The revelation came after the UTU leadership intentionally violated the UTU constitution and commenced a strike without required consent from the UTU International. UTU general chairpersons found to have conspired with the TCRC were removed from office, and immediately proceeded to work openly with the TCRC.

 

They conspired with the TCRC even though railroads are moving to institute one-person crews, and even though the BLE in Canada, now the TCRC, previously bargained away thousands of conductor jobs on Canadas VIA Rail.

The BLE said at the time that it "cannot be held accountable for what was said during a campaign and there can be no reasonable expectation on the part of UTU members that they would obtain all that had been promised."

 

The Canada Industrial Relations Board subsequently concluded that "the BLE failed to uphold a reasonable standard of competence in representing its members."

That fact was driven home again last year after the TCRC successfully raided UTU-represented employees of the Ontario Northland. Within 30 days, the newly minted TCRC members decertified the TCRC and, in a new representation election, affiliated with the Steelworkers.

August 29, 2008


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What will becum of BTNB?

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The practical effect of the vote is that it will save the UTU International more than $100,000 per month, or more than $1.2 million annually.










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Brilliant move by the UTU......


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How much would the UTU International save if they didn't have to represent their members in the states........??

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Troll wrote:

What will becum of BTNB?



He's still waiting to see that big money over VIA's elimination of the Engineer and Conductor craft



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Calvin wrote:

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What will becum of BTNB?



He's still waiting to see that big money over VIA's elimination of the Engineer and Conductor craft


He missed the last million dollar bus.

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The practical effect of the vote is that it will save the UTU International more than $100,000 per month, or more than $1.2 million annually.








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How much would the UTU International save if they didn't have to represent their members in the states........??
You'd have ta ask one of these fellers.....
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OTOH, this assumes that the UTU actually represents their members in the US.....

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OTOH, this assumes that the UTU actually represents their members in the US.....


Yes, they do.  A UTU talking-head told me so. 

 



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So, the UTU won't be able to call themselves International now I believe? Imaging the costs in changing the letterheads and stuff.

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They are International in spirit.

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The UTU-Canada Web site at www.utu-canada is currently unavailable. In the meantime, the UTU International is providing the following Canadian news and information for our brothers and sisters in Canada.utulogocanada.jpg

The links below provide Canadian and international news of interest to UTU members, links to Parliament in Ottawa, Ontario, and Transport Canada, links to chairpersons of the Canadian Provincial Legislative Boards and chairpersons of Canadian rail and bus general committees.



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Teamsters union now represents the majority of workers at CN
(The Canadian Press issued the following on August 29.)

OTTAWA More than 3,000 Canadian National (TSX:CNR) conductors, trainmen, yardmen and yardmasters have voted to join the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, the union said Friday.

The workers were represented by the United Transportation Union before the vote, which was ordered by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board.

More than 95 per cent of the UTU members at CN voted in favour of joining the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, the union said.

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