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Recipe for success: Safety first
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By Vic BaffoniVice President, Bus Department I recently spoke with UTU Local 1785 (Santa Monica, Calif.) member William Alvarenga, who has driven a motor coach for more than 30 years and who has been comm [...]House bill would slash Amtrak, transit funding
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – The Republican leadership of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee will introduce legislation July 8 to slash Amtrak’s federal subsidy by 25 percent, prevent federal funds f [...]NTSB: Latest safety recommendations
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board has updated its “Most Wanted” transportation safety improvements. Included are recommendations for improved bus, rail and aviation safety. Following a [...]Fourth tour-bus crash since March kills driver
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. PITTSBURGH – In another high-profile bus crash, a tour-bus driver died and 23 passengers were injured June 27 when the bus struck the rear of a tractor-trailer near here on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, repo [...]
State of the union: ‘Stronger than ever’
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. International President Mike Futhey SAN ANTONIO — Stronger protections for members, improved finances, successful organizing drives and superior wage and benefits agreements characterize the United [...]NLRB seeks to speed rep-votes; increase transparency
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – In a move organized labor has long pushed for, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) June 21 proposed new representation-vote rules that will speed-up the voting process and give more tra [...]