News Archive
Congressional elections matter to UTU members
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By John Risch,Alternate National Legislative Director – Congressional elections do matter. They make a difference when it comes to our job security, wages, benefits, retirement and our safety in the [...]Absentee ballots might need extra postage
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. If you are voting absentee by mail, note that your ballot might need extra postage. Many absentee ballots for the Nov. 4 presidential election are so long and weigh so much that mailing them back to elec [...]An explanation of Medicare
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. This article, provided by Palmetto GBA Railroad Medicare, outlines the various “parts” of Medicare and explains which types of services are covered under each. What Is Part A? Part A includes inpatient ho [...]
Transit jobs, retirement at stake Election Day
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Conservative Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are committed to repealing the Affordable Care Act. Conservative Republicans also are committed to privatizing Social Security and turning Medicare into [...]
Railroad H&W plans’ open enrollment now available
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Eligible railroad employees and/or dependents can now complete their annual re-enrollment online at the Railroad Information Depot website. The website also contains information about the Flexible Spendin [...]
Early voting permitted in most states
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. You can’t vote often on Election Day, Nov. 6, but you can vote early. Most states permit early voting by those who may not be near their voting location on Election Day. For UTU members who work unconvent [...]
UTU seeks arbitration with Great Lakes Airlines
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The airline industry is in a sorry state of affairs. From the bungled merger of U.S. Airways with America West in 2006 to the recent efforts of American Airlines to use the bankruptcy process to cancel it [...]Sheriff: NS engineer shot himself
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. HURLEY, Va. — The Norfolk Southern locomotive engineer who suffered a bullet wound in the NS Hurley yard here Sept. 20 reportedly confessed to shooting himself, according to news reports citing the sheri [...]