Category: News

UTU supports town’s noise reduction effort

February 12, 2013 CSX is fighting efforts by the UTU and neighboring residents to use flagmen in a busy rail yard to increase safety and reduce noise. Residents living near the yard in Worcester, Mass., recently complained to city and railroad officials about the constant use of locomotive hor [...]

We pledge allegiance, in solidarity

February 11, 2013 By SMART General President Joe Nigro – We are one! Not only as a result of our recent merger, but also by the pledge we make to one another as union brothers and sisters. The strength of organized labor lies in the hearts and minds of every union member who understands the m [...]

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Regional meeting online registration now open

February 11, 2013 Members planning to attend one or both of the UTU’s regional meetings this summer can now complete their registration online through the UTU website. The secure pages on the UTU website provide for safe and convenient registration. There’s no need for filling out a paper regi [...]

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Texas & Northern employees select SMART

February 8, 2013 Employees of the Texas & Northern Railway Company this week were successful in their efforts to bring union representation to their property. In separate elections held Feb. 6 and Feb. 7, the operating and non-operating employees at the northeast Texas railroad voted over [...]

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A guide to RR Medicare’s voice-responsive phone line

February 7, 2013 You need to know more about your Railroad Medicare benefits or specific claims. Sometimes you’d like to find the information on your own, and other times, you want to speak with a Customer Service Representative (CSR). Railroad Medicare, administered by Palmetto GBA, gives [...]

Railroads report mixed 4Q, yearly earnings

February 7, 2013 CANADIAN NATIONAL Canadian National Railway reported its income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $613.8 million, increasing three percent from $595.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. Revenue in the fourth quarter increased by seven percent year-over-year to $2.5 billio [...]

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Conductors, engineers deal with trauma

February 7, 2013 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In the last three years in Duval County, four people have been killed walking on railroad tracks. That number may seem pretty small, but there are the unseen victims to consider in these cases as well: The men and women who have to witness a train k [...]

Fund set for Michigan SLD Gibson’s injured daughter

February 4, 2013 Kelsey Gibson, 21, daughter of Michigan State Legislative Jerry Gibson and his wife Carmella, was seriously injured the morning of Jan. 29 in an automobile accident. Kelsey, a student at Grand Valley State University and recently engaged to be married, was driving a Ford Esc [...]

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Wash., Mo., Va. legislative updates

February 4, 2013 Transportation funding in Missouri has been a hot topic at the state capital this session, State Legislative Director Ken Menges reports. In its last session, the Missouri legislature appointed a committee to study the state’s transportation needs and UTU was invited and made [...]

UP posts ‘most profitable year’ in history

January 31, 2013 (By M.J. Clark for Wyoming Business Report) Wyoming’s main rail line, Union Pacific, reported net income of $3.9 billion in 2012, which makes 2012 “Union Pacific’s most profitable year in our 150-year history,” Jack Koraleski, UP’s CEO said in a [...]