Register for treasurers’ workshop, Oct. 18-20

The UTU International will conduct a workshop for treasurers Oct. 18-20 at the UTU headquarters in North Olmsted, Ohio. Attendance is limited to 24 registrants and the deadline to register is Oct. 7. If you are interested in attending the workshop, telephone Executive Assista [...]

National Rail Contract: Facts to consider

Here are facts to consider when voting on the National Rail Contract: * The UTU negotiated a 17 percent general wage increase – 18.24 percent compounded — or more than 3 percent annually. * Compare this more than 3 percent annual wage increase (with no work rules giveba [...]

BNSF UTU member killed in yard accident

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A BNSF Railway yard worker, Thomas F. Bleyenberg, a member of UTU Local 5, Kansas City, Mo., was killed Mon., Aug. 15, when he became trapped between two rail cars at the carrier’s Argentine Yard here. Bleyenberg was working a two-person remote [...]