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Labor says goodbye to UTU founding father, Al Chesser
Brother Alfred “Al” H. Chesser, 102, a champion of the American rail worker and first-elected president of the United Transportation Union (UTU), died Sunday, September 25, 2016. On January 1, 1969, the UTU (now known as SMART Transportation Division) was formed, [...]![](https://www.smart-union.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/TTD_Fotor.jpg)