Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Effective Jan. 1, all Pennsylvania employers, which includes labor unions, must withhold from employee paychecks the income tax due localities. This is a requirement of a law that reformed and standardize [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. “On Wisconsin” is the fight song of the University of Wisconsin. “Back to Wisconsin” is the fight song of the UTU Collective Bargaining Defense Fund and other organizations determined to continue a succes [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. By Bonnie MorrAlternate Vice President – Bus Department Operating a bus may be the most stressful job in America. Early in November, 100 Detroit bus operators walked off the job after repeated passenger a [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – Senior House Republicans Nov. 29 said they would act to head off a railroad work stoppage if rail unions that so far have not settled with the carriers do not have a voluntary settlement in p [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. UTU members and their dependents insured under the Railroad Employees National Early Retirement Major Medical Benefit (ERMA) Plan (GA-46000) will have their lifetime maximum amount of coverage increased, [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – A Final Rule has been issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) prohibiting bus (including school bus) drivers and truck drivers, operating in interstate commerce, fro [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Revisions to the Anthem Voluntary Short Term Disability (VSTD) plan that better reflect the actual claims experience of our rail members and adjust to the prevailing market rate for this type of coverage [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON — Congress, unable to agree on very much lately, has agreed on funding for Amtrak, bus transportation, commercial aviation and transit through Sept. 30, 2012. The funding is for fiscal year 201 [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Two locals have placed holiday party announcements in the November issue of the UTU News, which may not reach all members in sufficient time to plan attendance. To ensure that members have advance notice [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The UTU International is receiving questions from members regarding recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board 243, which was created under provisions of the Railway Labor Act after talks between oth [...]