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3d quarter rail profits wrap-up
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. BNSF reported a 22 percent increase in profit for the third quarter 2012 versus third quarter 2011, citing improved intermodal (trailers and containers on flat cars) and automotive traffic. BNSF’s third q [...]Chicago Metra conductor assaulted, injured
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. An on-duty Chicago Metra conductor received medical attention following an assault during a botched robbery attempt at a west side passenger station Oct. 22. According to news reports, the conductor, whos [...]UTU TST assists NTSB after Amtrak derailment
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The UTU Transportation Safety Team is assisting National Transportation Board investigators following an Oct. 21 derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in Niles, Mich. News reports indicate the investiga [...]
Beware this backdoor effort to silence labor’s voice
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By National Legislative Director James Stem – You remember Humpty Dumpty, the character created by children’s author Lewis Carroll. Most famously, Humpty Dumpty said, ‘When I use a word, it me [...]
Arbitrator, educator Frank Quinn dies at 80
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Arbitrator Frank Quinn, well known to hundreds of UTU officers and members as a long-time educator at UTU regional meetings, a respected neutral in rail arbitration cases and as an author, has died at age [...]$1 dues hike sought to fund 2014 conventions
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. As the initial SMART Transportation Division convention will be held in 2014 – one year earlier than a UTU quadrennial convention that no longer will take place owing to the merger – plus a second SMART c [...]EJ&E yardmasters, hostlers ratify new agreements
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Wier UTU-represented yardmasters and hostlers employed by the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway have ratified separate new six-year agreements by overwhelming majorities. The new agreements provide for an [...]