Category: Local Corner
Osawatomie’s Railroad Day to honor rails
Osawatomie’s Railroad Day will honor the contributions of current and former employees of Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads in Osawatomie, Kan., April 20. A variety of fun family activities are scheduled at Osawatomie’s Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot Museum, locat [...]LIRR members’ golf tourney supports autism research
The UTU’s Long Island Rail Road General Committee of Adjustment GO 505 is hosting it annual golf classic on May 13 to benefit families on Long Island affected by autism. The gold classic will tee off at 9:30 a.m. at the Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge, [...]Around the UTU, March 2013
Local 23, Santa Cruz, Calif. Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District bus operator Jose Polanco, center, is recognized for his outstanding safety record and committed service to the community by a district official on Feb. 22. Polanco developed a plan to identify thousands of [...]N.D. ‘Spring Swing’ meeting location changes
All active and retired members of North Dakota locals will have the opportunity to visit with UTU International and general committee officers and representatives from the Railroad Retirement Board, health-and-welfare benefit providers and designated legal counsel at a series [...]First Student employees bring Christmas to kids
“First Student bus drivers and mechanics from Local 1908 are so much more than just people who get your children to and from school,” said Local Secretary Joann Ehrhardt. If you need proof, just ask some of those children. After a Buffalo, N.Y., School District family of six [...]Around the UTU, February 2013
Local 240, Los Angeles, Calif. Local Chairperson Harry J. Garvin Jr. reports that the local’s 2013 monthly meetings will be held at Ozzie’s Diner at 7780 E. Slauson Ave. in Los Angeles off 5 FWY between 710 FWY and 605 FWY. The diner’s telephone number is (323) 726-0300. Meet [...]Minnesota members help defeat anti-labor bill
With the adjournment of the 2012 Minnesota legislative session, the Minnesota AFL-CIO, along with the UTU and other AFL-CIO member organizations, has succeeded in defending against right-to-work (for less) legislation introduced by Tea Party Republicans. “The AFL-CIO lo [...]