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Former Ind. State Director Carrico dies

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. James F. Carrico Sr., 61, former Indiana State Legislative Director of the United Transportation Union, died Jan. 4. A member of Local 333 at North Vernon, Ind., Carrico entered rail service as a conducto [...]

No serious crew injuries in Indiana train wreck

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. VALPARAISO, Ind. – Members of the UTU Transportation Safety Team have joined investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Railroad Administration here following a collision [...]

Marie Weisbarth, mother of Jeff, dies

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Marie C. (Armagno) Weisbarth, mother of UTU International Director of Membership Services Jeff Weisbarth, has died. She was 83. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation of Ohio, 2831 Pr [...]

FRA seeks new passenger train safety rules

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Improvements to existing passenger train emergency systems regulations have been proposed by the Federal Railroad Administration. The improvements are aimed at helping passengers and passenger-train crew [...]

Indiana commencing new assault on labor unions

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. A new assault on labor unions is commencing in Indiana, with the Republican-controlled legislature setting their No. 1 2012 priority on passing right-to-work legislation that would permit workers covered [...]

DM&IR, DW&P merged into Wisconsin Central

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Canadian National has completed the merger of Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway and Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway into its Wisconsin Central subsidiary. CN said the merger, approved by the [...]

‘Tis the season for sweets — and restraint

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By Dr. Norman K. BrownUTU Medical Consultant When I want to get started on a job that I have been putting off, I eat a few chocolate chip cookies (think sugar), and my enthusiasm picks right up and I am o [...]

OSHA website offers winter safety tips

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON –The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has created a webpage to provide worker and employer guidance during winter weather: http://s.dol.gov/L1 The web page in [...]

Two new rail agreements ratified

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Wier Two new UTU negotiated rail agreements have been ratified by members. UTU-represented trainmen and engineers employed by Evansville & Western Railroad overwhelmingly ratified a new five-year agre [...]

Health care tax benefit for Mass. rail members

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. UTU members in Massachusetts covered under the National Rail Contract and other UTU plans will not face a tax penalty for the 2011 state tax year for dependent child maternity benefits. The Massachusetts [...]