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Category: National Rail Contract

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UTU serves Section 6 notice on carriers

November 3, 2009 UTU general chairpersons on Nov. 2 served on railroads represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) the UTU’s intended amendments to agreements affecting rates of pay, rules and working conditions. Such notices are required by Section 6 of the [...]
  • Tags agreement, amendment, contract, craft autonomy, National Carriers' Conference Committee, National Rail Contract, NCCC, Railway Labor Act, Section 6

Our tentative agreement

April 22, 2008 Brothers and Sisters: Meetings are underway across the country to explain our tentative national rail agreement and provide members the opportunity to ask questions. Check with your local officers, general chairperson or state legislative director if you have not been notifie [...]
  • Tags agreement, contract, national rail agreement, pact, railroad contract negotiations, voting

We busted the pattern!

January 29, 2008 By Mike Futhey UTU International President Brothers and Sisters: The tentative national agreement with BNSF, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific, which you will vote on soon, was hammered out in an intense two-day bargaining session Jan. 22-23 becau [...]
  • Tags bargaining, carriers, contract negotiations, Federal Employers' Liability Act, FELA, National Rail Contract, negotiations

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