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News Archive
Locals announce holiday events
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Two locals have placed holiday party announcements in the November issue of the UTU News, which may not reach all members in sufficient time to plan attendance. To ensure that members have advance notice [...]Others settling as PEB recommended
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The UTU International is receiving questions from members regarding recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board 243, which was created under provisions of the Railway Labor Act after talks between oth [...]
FRA safety advisory on shoving movements
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration, in response to inquiries about when it is permissible for an employee directing the movement to operate a motor vehicle in the context of a pushing or sho [...]Temporary change in UTU DIPP fax number
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The published fax number for the UTU’s Discipline Income Protection Program (DIPP), (216) 227-5209, is not working. Until the technical issues are resolved, those needing to contact the DIPP by fax [...]FAA reauthorization: A Sisyphean struggle
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – For more than four years, Congress has attempted, unsuccessfully, to pass a long-term commercial aviation funding bill to modernize airports and the national’s air traffic control system. Two [...]Former UTU local treasurer indicted for embezzlement
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. A former treasurer of UTU Local 1006 (Brownsville, Pa.), Derek Klingman, has been indicted on charges of embezzling more than $9,300 from his local, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The newspaper re [...]New deputy administrator at FRA
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration’s chief legal counsel has been named deputy administrator – the agency’s number two position. Karen Hedlund succeeds Karen Rae, who departed to take a post [...]