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House committee kills killer truck effort

February 3, 2012 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – UTU members can make a difference in Congress, and your emails and phone calls — as requested by the UTU International — helped derail an attempt by House Transportation & Inf [...]

Tags heavier trucks, killer trucks, longer trucks

View ‘UTU: Stronger Than Ever’ video

February 2, 2012 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. A short video explaining the benefits of UTU membership, which was presented at the 2011 UTU regional meetings and the 2011 quadrennial convention, is now available online at www.utu.org. The video notes [...]

Tags collective barga, video

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Repeal referendum likely in Indiana

February 2, 2012 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mitch Daniels has signed into law right-to-work (for less) legislation in Indiana that prohibits union-shop agreements and prohibits union contracts that require those who decline to j [...]

Tags Gov. Mitch Daniels, Indiana, recall. UTU Collective Bargaining Defense Fund, right-to-work

Union Plus Scholarship program deadline extended

February 2, 2012 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The Union Plus Scholarship online application system was unable to handle the high volume of applicants prior to the Jan. 31 deadline, the Union Plus program reports. Union Plus is currently working to id [...]

Members on ISA ratify first CBA

February 1, 2012 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Tibbit UTU-represented members employed by Intermodal Services of America (ISA), which does contract switching for Union Pacific at Joliet, Ill., and Chicago, have ratified their first collective bargaini [...]

Tags Internal Services of American, ISA, Paul Tibbit, Rich Ross

Transport labor urges ‘no tinkering’ with RLA

January 31, 2012 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON — The UTU and 17 other transportation labor organizations urged Congress Jan. 30 to pass a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization without making what they called “drastic and unn [...]

Tags Federal Aviation Administration, National Mediation Board, Railway Labor Act, voting rule

Act now to help stop killer trucks

January 30, 2012 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Killer trucks are on the attack, with Congress considering a new highway bill that would permit longer and heavier trucks on the nation’s highways. Aside from the safety concerns of motorists – and those [...]

Apache Railroad members ratify new contract

January 30, 2012 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. UTU-represented engineers and conductors employed by Apache Railroad in Arizona have ratified a new three-year agreement providing for wage increases, certification pay, improvements in disability and lif [...]

Tags Apache Railroad, Danny Young, John Prevesich

CN, CP, CSX, KCS, NS, UP report 2011 earnings

January 28, 2012 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. CANADIAN NATIONAL Canadian National reported a 9 percent increase in profit for calendar-year 2011 versus calendar-year 2010. The CN calendar-year operating ratio of 63.5 percent was a slight improvement [...]

Tags 2011 profits, Canadian National, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, operating ratio, profits, Union Pacific

Chicago South Shore members ratify new pact

January 27, 2012 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. UTU engineers, conductors and collectors employed by Chicago South Shore & South Bend, an electric-line passenger operation between Chicago and South Bend, Ind., have ratified a new two-year agreement [...]

Tags Chicago South Shore & South Bend, John Babler, Kay Harmon, Local 1526, Robert Kehoe, Tony Wojasinski