The National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC), in an April 1 letter to the Sheet Metal Workers International Association and its General President Mike Sullivan, has recognized the requirements of status quo under the Railway Labor Act and said all carriers will continue remitting UTU member dues to the UTU. “The deduction and remittance of dues [...]
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Carriers reject SMWIA dues demand
April 1, 2010
Filed Under: Amtrak/Commuter, Amtrak/Commuter News, Aviation, Bus, Bus News, News, SMART Merger Tagged With: carriers, dues, merger, Mike Sullivan, National Railway Labor Conference, NRLC, Railway Labor Act, SMART, SMWIA
To court, again, over crew consist
November 10, 2009
To court, again, over crew consist The UTU has asked a federal district court in East St. Louis, Ill., to rule, yet again, that the UTU has no obligation to bargain nationally over crew consist, or what the carriers now are terming, “staffing and consolidation.” That same federal district court so ruled on March 10, [...]
Filed Under: Amtrak/Commuter, Amtrak/Commuter News, National Rail Contract, News Tagged With: bargain, carriers, crew consist, NCCC, staffing and consolidation
We busted the pattern!
January 29, 2008
By Mike Futhey UTU International President Brothers and Sisters: The tentative national agreement with BNSF, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific, which you will vote on soon, was hammered out in an intense two-day bargaining session Jan. 22-23 because the carriers recognized the unity the UTU brought to the negotiating table. Equally [...]
Filed Under: Leadership Messages, National Rail Contract, News Tagged With: bargaining, carriers, contract negotiations, Federal Employers' Liability Act, FELA, National Rail Contract, negotiations
