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Category: TD Leadership Messages
Obama win offers working families brighter future
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By UTU International President Mike Futhey – For UTU members employed in the airline, rail and transit industries, the Obama/Biden victory and U.S. Senate election results translate to: * More, and more [...]Beware this backdoor effort to silence labor’s voice
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By National Legislative Director James Stem – You remember Humpty Dumpty, the character created by children’s author Lewis Carroll. Most famously, Humpty Dumpty said, ‘When I use a word, it me [...]
Congressional elections matter to UTU members
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By John Risch,Alternate National Legislative Director – Congressional elections do matter. They make a difference when it comes to our job security, wages, benefits, retirement and our safety in the [...]Romney will deliver on his promises
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By International President Mike Futhey – There is an old political saying: “If you stop lying about me, I’ll stop telling the truth about you.” When it comes to Mitt Romney, we don’t have to tell t [...]Every tool in use to protect members’ jobs, safety
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Delivering on the theme of the 2012 regional meetings – “We will not back down” – UTU International President Mike Futhey told more than 1,000 attendees at the Memphis meeting how the UTU is using every t [...]Coal vital to America’s energy future
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By James Stem, UTU National Legislative Director – Coal is America’s most abundant source of energy, helping reduce our nation’s dependence on imported oil. Coal also means jobs, with almost one in [...]
We will not back down
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By UTU International President Mike Futhey and SMWIA General President Joe Nigro – We are just months from one of the most important Election Days in our careers. Not in our lifetimes has organized labor [...]
Arty Martin: “We will protect you”
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. PORTLAND, Ore. — Reflecting on violence against air, bus and rail members, UTU International Assistant President Arty Martin told attendees at the union’s regional meeting here June 20 that protecti [...]