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Act now to help stop killer trucks

January 30, 2012 Killer trucks are on the attack, with Congress considering a new highway bill that would permit longer and heavier trucks on the nation’s highways. Aside from the safety concerns of motorists – and those concerns are significant and well known by automobile drivers who have b [...]

Apache Railroad members ratify new contract

January 30, 2012 UTU-represented engineers and conductors employed by Apache Railroad in Arizona have ratified a new three-year agreement providing for wage increases, certification pay, improvements in disability and life insurance benefits, an increase in the employer match for a 401-k plan [...]

Tags Apache Railroad, Danny Young, John Prevesich

CN, CP, CSX, KCS, NS, UP report 2011 earnings

January 28, 2012 CANADIAN NATIONAL Canadian National reported a 9 percent increase in profit for calendar-year 2011 versus calendar-year 2010. The CN calendar-year operating ratio of 63.5 percent was a slight improvement over the 63.6 percent operating ratio for calendar-year 2010. Operating [...]

Tags 2011 profits, Canadian National, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, operating ratio, profits, Union Pacific

Chicago South Shore members ratify new pact

January 27, 2012 UTU engineers, conductors and collectors employed by Chicago South Shore & South Bend, an electric-line passenger operation between Chicago and South Bend, Ind., have ratified a new two-year agreement. The new contract provides for several favorable rules changes, certifi [...]

Tags Chicago South Shore & South Bend, John Babler, Kay Harmon, Local 1526, Robert Kehoe, Tony Wojasinski

LIRR’s Anthony Simon elected Dist. 1 chairperson

January 27, 2012 Anthony Simon, general chairperson on Long Island Rail Road, has been elected to a four-year term as chairperson of District 1 of the UTU’s Association of General Chairpersons. District 1 is made up of some 190 railroad general chairpersons. Its purpose is to formulate concer [...]

Tags Anthony Simon, Association of General Chairpersons, Division 1, Long Island Rail Road

Another organizing victory for UTU

January 26, 2012 In its latest organizing victory, the UTU now represents maintenance-of-way employees on Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad, a RailAmerica property. Contract negotiations, led by UTU Alternate Vice President Doyle Turner, will begin shortly. Turner heads the UTU’s shortli [...]

Tags Doyle Turner, Mike Lewis, Missouri and North Arkansas, organizing, Rich Ross

Great Lakes crews spreading wings over N.D.

January 26, 2012 JAMESTOWN, N.D. — Great Lakes Airlines crews represented by the UTU will soon be flying in and out of Jamestown. The Department of Transportation selected Great Lakes Airlines to provide air service to Jamestown Regional Airport through the Essential Air Service program [...]

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New appointment at FRA

January 26, 2012 The Federal Railroad Administration’s new associate administrator for administration is Michael Logue, a 29-year employee of the agency. Logue has served as a railroad safety inspector trainee and in various positions within the Office of Safety and the Office of the Administ [...]

Tags FRA, Michael Logue

FRA warns of coveralls safety hazard

January 25, 2012 The Federal Railroad Administration has called attention to an injury where a conductor, while lifting the operating lever on a freight car, was dragged four car lengths after the lever became tangled in the hammer loop of his coveralls. The FRA recommends cutting off the ham [...]

Tags coveralls, safety alert

Warren Buffett — a rail fan — sings in China

January 25, 2012 Billionaire Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway investment fund owns 100 percent of BNSF, recently appeared on television in China, singing “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” while strumming a ukulele. To view the performance, click on the following Yo [...]

Tags Warren Buffett