Category: Aviation

Harsh cuts by Congress to transport funding

April 15, 2011 WASHINGTON — The vote by Congress April 15 on a budget that keeps the federal government operating through Sept. 30 contains harsh spending cuts for Amtrak, transit and high-speed rail. Especially troubling to UTU members are the Amtrak and transit budget cuts, which co [...]

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Share info on your fraternal activities

April 15, 2011 The UTU is extremely proud of the fraternal activities performed by our members and is asked to report these activities to the National Fraternal Congress of America. This data is used by the NFCA to increase public awareness of the benevolent activities of its fraternal orga [...]

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We can learn a lot from baseball

April 15, 2011 By UTU Assistant President Arty Martin While watching the Major League Baseball Game of the Week Saturday between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, I was reminded of how important history and heritage are. Prior to the start of the game, a special guest of the Red Sox [...]

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Working families are under attack

April 12, 2011 By Robert KerleyUTU International Vice President America’s soldiers and their families are sacrificing to preserve liberty and ensure justice throughout the world. As labor unionists, we can follow their example of service by remaining resolute in our struggle against i [...]

Tags anti-union, attack, Kerley, middle class, union busting, working families

Labor rallies produce the votes we want

April 7, 2011 MADISON, Wisc. — Are labor rallies in support of collective bargaining rights effective? Can the UTU Collective Bargaining Defense Fund make a difference? Do trains run on tracks? Do buses operate on highways? As for Wisconsin, the proof of the value of labor rallies wa [...]

Tags anti-union, attacks, collective bargaining, collective bargaining defense fund, labor rallies, union busting

If your physician withdraws from Medicare…

April 6, 2011 Many physicians and medical practitioners are choosing to withdraw from participation in Medicare. This has a direct financial impact on all UTU members who are retired or intend to retire in the near future. If you are eligible for Medicare, and your physician or medical pra [...]

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Collective-bargaining defense goes nationwide

April 5, 2011 Throughout America Monday, UTU members joined with brothers and sisters across craft and industrial lines in We Are One rallies reinforcing labor solidarity and raising public awareness of mean-spirited attacks on collective bargaining rights by right-wing extremists. The wor [...]

Tags anti-union, collective bargaining defense fund, collective bargaining rights, FELA, labor solidarity, rallies, union busting, We Are One

Mother of UTU International president dies

April 4, 2011 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Coy Marie Bradshaw Futhey, age 89, mother of UTU International President Mike Futhey, died April 3 in a nursing home here. She was active in the Auxiliary of the UTU and its predecessor, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and served as president and legi [...]

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House agrees to anti-union measure

April 4, 2011 WASHINGTON — Although 16 Republicans refused to be cowed by their conservative leadership, the House of Representatives last week succeeded in another attack on collective bargaining by voting to nullify a National Mediation Board ruling making representation elections [...]

Tags anti-union, collective bargaining, FAA, legislation, NMB

Ohio lawmakers smash bargaining rights

March 31, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio — It’s official. The Ohio House and Senate have passed anti-union legislation that limits public-employee collective bargaining. Gov. John Kasich intends to sign the bill into law. The legislation bars strikes by public employees and limits collective bar [...]

Tags anti-union, collective bargaining defense fund, collective bargaining rights, Kasich, Ohio, PAC, SB 5, union busting, Wisconsin