{"id":6380,"date":"2010-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/2010\/10\/29\/utu-local-377-ratifies-new-bp-contract-6\/"},"modified":"2010-10-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T00:00:00","slug":"utu-local-377-ratifies-new-bp-contract-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/utu-local-377-ratifies-new-bp-contract-6\/","title":{"rendered":"UTU Local 377 ratifies new B&P contract","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
UTU Local 377 members — engineers, conductors and brakemen — employed by Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad have ratified a new five-year agreement by an almost 8-to-1 margin.<\/p>\n
Balloting was by craft under provisions of the UTU constitution guaranteeing craft autonomy; and each of the crafts was solidly in favor of the agreement.<\/p>\n
More than 90 percent of members cast ballots, which UTU International officials termed “outstanding and quite typical of Local 377’s membership.”<\/p>\n
The newly ratified agreement provides for general wage increases, guaranteed extra boards, 401(k) plan enhancements, and personal incentive bonuses.<\/p>\n
UTU General Chairperson John Lesniewski (GO 049), who led the negotiations, called the ratified agreement “a great contract in the best of times, and extraordinary during this lean economic climate.”<\/p>\n
Lesniewski praised the efforts of his negotiating team, which included Vice General Chairperson Steven Mavity and Local 377 Chairperson Harry Mahaffey.<\/p>\n
Lesniewski also thanked UTU International President Mike Futhey and GO 049 Vice General Chairperson Jeremy Ferguson “for their advice and support directed towards reaching this pact.”<\/p>\n
Buffalo & Pittsburgh, acquired by holding company Genesee & Wyoming in 1988, is a 368-mile regional railroad serving western New York and western Pennsylvania, and connects with major railroads Canadian Pacific, CSX, and Norfolk Southern.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UTU Local 377 members — engineers, conductors and brakemen — employed by Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad have ratified a new five-year agreement by an almost 8-to-1 margin. Balloting was by craft under provisions of the UTU constitution guaranteeing craft autonomy; and each of the crafts was solidly in favor of the agreement. More than 90 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,45,9,115,18],"tags":[112,590,591,113,311,592,178],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n