Day of Protest by UTU Arizona members

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. PHOENIX — The UTU’s Arizona State Legislation Board and UTU members participated in a lobbying day at the Arizona state capitol here to protest the attack in numerous states on collective-barg [...]

FRA proposes crossing-hazards hotline

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON — Railroads soon will be required by the Federal Railroad Administration to establish toll-free telephone numbers to allow the public to report malfunctioning highway-rail grade-crossing [...]

Ohio Senate: ‘Public opinion be damned’

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. In the face of an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showing 62 percent of Americans oppose revoking collective-bargaining rights for public employees, the Ohio Senate March 2 moved to repeal the core of t [...]

CSX yardmasters ratify consolidation pact

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. CSX-employed yardmasters represented by the UTU have ratified a coordination-of-operations agreement affecting CSX eastern district (former Baltimore & Ohio) and northern district (former Conrail) lin [...]

Is BNSF’s Matt Rose headed elsewhere?

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. BNSF CEO Matt Rose, 51, is said by the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram to be a possible successor to 80-year-old Warren Buffett as the next CEO of holding company Berkshire Hathaway, whose assets exceed $372 bill [...]

FRA: 20 employee fatalities in 2010

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON — Figures released by the Federal Railroad Administration for 2010 show that 20 rail employees — eight of them UTU members — died in on-duty accidents in 2010. There were 16 o [...]