{"id":12361,"date":"2011-08-01T04:48:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T04:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=12361"},"modified":"2011-08-01T04:48:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T04:48:42","slug":"national-rail-contract-ballots-to-be-mailed-aug-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/national-rail-contract-ballots-to-be-mailed-aug-12\/","title":{"rendered":"National rail contract ballots in mail","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
The balloting period will extend for 21 days to 4 p.m., Eastern time, Friday, Sept. 2.<\/p>\n Voting will be by craft under the craft-autonomy provisions of the UTU Constitution. Crafts voting will be brakeman, conductor, engineer, fireman, yardman and yardmaster.<\/p>\n Members will vote based on the craft in which they worked on the day previous to ballots being mailed.<\/p>\n Voting packages\u00a0provide instructions on how to cast ballots by telephone.<\/p>\n Votes will be tabulated by BallotPoint, which will report the results to the International. Results will be posted at smart-union.org\/td\/<\/a> when received by BallotPoint, which is expected the day voting is closed.<\/p>\n Results will be based on valid ballots cast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/a>Voting packages for the tentative national rail contract were mailed Friday, Aug. 12, to UTU members eligible to vote.<\/p>\n