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New federal $ to fund Amtrak N.E. Corridor upgrades
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – Some $745 million of the $2 billion in federal stimulus money Florida Gov. Rick Scott rejected for a high-speed rail line linking Tampa and Orlando is now headed to Amtrak for improvements al [...]Register for treasurers’ workshop, Oct. 18-20
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The UTU International will conduct a workshop for treasurers Oct. 18-20 at the UTU headquarters in North Olmsted, Ohio. Attendance is limited to 24 registrants and the deadline to register is Oct. 7. If y [...]Conductor, engineer killed in Mont. crew-van accident
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. FRAZER, Mont. — A BNSF conductor and UTU member, along with a BNSF engineer, were killed late Friday night, Aug. 19, when the crew van in which they were riding was involved in a two-vehicle collisi [...]
National Rail Contract: Facts to consider
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Here are facts to consider when voting on the National Rail Contract: * The UTU negotiated a 17 percent general wage increase – 18.24 percent compounded — or more than 3 percent annually. * Compare [...]9 years in prison; but UTU victims left holding bag
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. LOS ANGELES — For 15 years, Thomas L. Mitchell worked a Ponzi scheme targeting and draining the retirement funds of retired LACMTA bus workers, many of whom were UTU members. The con artist will now [...]
OSHA putting teeth in rail whistle-blower law
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. For too many years, many railroads have tied managerial bonuses to low reportable injury rates among employees, creating a culture of fear through harassment and intimidation – a culture that discourages [...]BNSF UTU member killed in yard accident
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A BNSF Railway yard worker, Thomas F. Bleyenberg, a member of UTU Local 5, Kansas City, Mo., was killed Mon., Aug. 15, when he became trapped between two rail cars at the carrier [...]