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UTU to congressional audience: ‘HSR is jobs machine’

August 4, 2011 Risch WASHINGTON — New jobs building and operating high-speed rail “are American jobs that can’t be shipped overseas and would be a Godsend in this economic downturn,” UTU Alternate National Legislative Director John Risch told a congressionally sponsored forum here Aug [...]

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DOL reports on criminal actions

August 4, 2011 The Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) reports the following criminal actions involving officers of various locals, divisions and general committees within the BLET, BMWE, BRS and UTU since Jan. 1, 2011: * On July 13, 2011, in the United States [...]

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Familiar name to lead American Public Transp. Assn.

August 3, 2011 WASHINGTON – A former official with three bus operators employing UTU members has been elected president and CEO of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), which represents bus and transit operators before Congress and regulatory agencies. The appointment is ef [...]

Tags American Public Transportation Association, APTA, First Student, Melaniphy, Transit Management

August sun carries skin cancer risk

August 3, 2011 The August sun can be dangerous, and protecting your skin should be a high priority. Although this is a year-round issue, overexposure to sun and its dangers occurs most during the summer. When skin is exposed to ultra-violet (UV) rays, it responds by producing melanin, a pig [...]

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Learning to be better leaders

August 2, 2011 Morr By BONNIE MORR Alternate Vice President, Bus Department Bus Department workshops at the San Antonio and New York regional meetings were among the most informative in many years, and reflect the promise of President Futhey to beef-up and place greater emphasis on those wo [...]

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National rail contract ballots in mail

August 1, 2011 Voting packages for the tentative national rail contract were mailed Friday, Aug. 12, to UTU members eligible to vote. The balloting period will extend for 21 days to 4 p.m., Eastern time, Friday, Sept. 2. Voting will be by craft under the craft-autonomy provisions of the UTU [...]

Tags BallotPoint, National Rail Contract

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A dog walks into a post office…

August 1, 2011 WASHINGTON — The Railway Mail Service is no more, but the pooch who, more than a century ago, served as a mascot and protector to those who sorted the mail aboard Railway Post Office (RPO) cars has gained new life in a special issue stamp of the U.S. Postal Service. Owney is [...]

Maglev’s future bleak after Pa. firm’s bankruptcy

July 29, 2011 The likelihood of 300-mph magnetic levitation trains operating in the United States anytime soon took another body blow in July when a private-sector firm planning a maglev route in Pennsylvania filed for bankruptcy. Maglev uses powerful electro-magnets to levitate, propel, g [...]

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1 grey sedan, 2 unknown occupants & a TSA mystery

July 28, 2011 Witnesses say it’s a grey sedan. A grey four-door sedan — occupied by two men. A grey four-door sedan occupied by two men that shows up at railroad facilities. The men claim to work for the Federal Railroad Administration. That say they are there to inspect a bridge, or [...]

Tags Federal Railroad Administration, FRA, terror, terrorist, Transportation Security Administration, TSA

Q&As on tentative national rail contract

July 27, 2011 Following negotiation of the tentative national rail contract, general chairpersons submitted questions about the contract that were relayed by the International to the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC), which represents carriers at the bargaining table. Th [...]