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Bus rep victory is UTU’s 23rd in 41 months
PERRIS, Calif. – Bus drivers and mechanics of Southland Transit here have voted “UTU, yes” by an almost four-to-one margin. This is the 23rd organizing victory – air, bus and rail — for the UTU since January 2008, an average of almost one new property organized every se [...]Yes, this is www.utu.org
This is the new United Transportation Union official website. We’ve changed our look. This new website design responds to member requests for greater emphasis on materials and news of interest to UTU members. To the right is an addition members told us is essential: a members [...]Yard-safety workshop a life, limbs, careers saver
Working in a rail yard puts life, limbs and career at risk more than any other job. Members attending UTU regional meetings in San Antonio and New York have access to a yard-safety workshop – conducted in partnership with the Federal Railroad Administration’s risk-reduction [...]
Preserving Medicare: We have a role to play
Would you accept a job paying $1 million to count out $2 billion in $1 bills? Think again, because working a 40-hour week and counting out $1 per second, you would require 266 years to count out the $2 billion total. Now that you have an idea how much $2 billion is, consider [...]