Members planning to attend one or both of the UTU’s regional meetings this summer can now complete their registration online through the UTU website. The secure pages on the UTU website provide for safe and convenient registration. There’s no need for filling out a paper regi [...]
WASHINGTON – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) announced the nation’s major freight railroads plan to invest an estimated $24.5 billion in 2013 to build, maintain and upgrade America’s rail network to ensure freight railroads can continue to deliver for the nation’s [...]
Employees of the Texas & Northern Railway Company this week were successful in their efforts to bring union representation to their property. In separate elections held Feb. 6 and Feb. 7, the operating and non-operating employees at the northeast Texas railroad voted over [...]
You need to know more about your Railroad Medicare benefits or specific claims. Sometimes you’d like to find the information on your own, and other times, you want to speak with a Customer Service Representative (CSR). Railroad Medicare, administered by Palmetto GBA, gives [...]
CANADIAN NATIONAL Canadian National Railway reported its income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $613.8 million, increasing three percent from $595.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. Revenue in the fourth quarter increased by seven percent year-over-year to $2.5 billio [...]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In the last three years in Duval County, four people have been killed walking on railroad tracks. That number may seem pretty small, but there are the unseen victims to consider in these cases as well: The men and women who have to witness a train k [...]
Canadian Pacific announced the appointment of Keith Creel as president and chief operating officer, effective Feb. 5. E. Hunter Harrison will remain CP’s chief executive officer. Read the complete story from The Globe and Mail.
Kelsey Gibson, 21, daughter of Michigan State Legislative Jerry Gibson and his wife Carmella, was seriously injured the morning of Jan. 29 in an automobile accident. Kelsey, a student at Grand Valley State University and recently engaged to be married, was driving a Ford Esc [...]
Transportation funding in Missouri has been a hot topic at the state capital this session, State Legislative Director Ken Menges reports. In its last session, the Missouri legislature appointed a committee to study the state’s transportation needs and UTU was invited and made [...]
The UTU International is conducting a local treasurers’ workshop near Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 26-27, 2013. Attendance is limited to 25 registrants. Those interested in attending the workshop should contact the office of the UTU International general secretary & treasurer t [...]
