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We are now SMART
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Click here for a joint letter from UTU International President Mike Futhey and Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association General President Joe Nigro on the merger between our two organizations to bec [...]Santa Monica drivers ratify new contract
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. SANTA MONICA, Calif. – UTU members employed by Santa Monica Regional Bus Lines (UTU Local 1785) have ratified a new three-year contract by a three-to-one margin. The contract, which expires June 30, 2014, [...]
Yard safety: Don’t let winter claim limbs and lives
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. We are into the season of losing limbs and lives in yard accidents. More career-ending injuries and fatalities occur during winter months – even in warmer climates – than any other season of the year. Eve [...]Random drug, alcohol test rates set for 2012
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation has ordered the following minimum random drug and alcohol testing rates for 2012: For workers in safety sensitive positions and whose safety is regulated by t [...]Great Lakes commencing air service in N.D., Minn.
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. UTU-represented pilots and flight attendants at Great Lakes Airlines received good news with the announcement that the carrier would be taking over service in North Dakota and Minnesota from Delta Air Lin [...]
LACMTA bus operators have new contract
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Williams LOS ANGELES – The almost 5,000 UTU members employed by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) have ratified a new contract, through June 30, 2014, by better than a thre [...]