June 24, 2020 | Headlines, UTU
(Source: SMART-TD press release, June 19, 2020) CLEVELAND, Ohio — General Chairperson John Ellis (Los Angeles County MTA) reports that Brother Wilfredo Corsino, a member out of Local 1607 (Los Angeles, Calif.), passed away on June 11 from COVID-19 complications....
August 13, 2019 | Headlines, UTU
(Source: Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Transportation Division press release, August 11, 2019) LAS VEGAS – SMART GEC Member and Transportation Division (TD) Vice President Jeremy R. Ferguson of Local 313 (Grand Rapids, Mich.) was elected President...
April 3, 2018 | Headlines, UTU
(Source: SMART TD press release, April 2, 2018) NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio — Clint Miller, general counsel for the United Transportation Union for more than two decades, died March 28 at his home in Lakewood, Ohio. He was 70. Before his 2012 retirement, Miller was a fixture...
March 20, 2014 | Headlines, Quarterly Income, UTU
(Source: Union Pacific press release, March 20, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. — You are invited to listen to Union Pacific Corporation’s first quarter 2014 earnings release presentation that will be broadcast live over the Internet and via teleconference on Thursday,...
December 22, 2011 | Headlines, Unions, UTU
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 21, 2011) The United Transportation Union (UTU) has completed a long-proposed merger with the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA). As of Nov. 30, the two merged organizations became the Sheet Metal, Air,...
December 22, 2011 | Headlines, Unions, UTU
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 21, 2011) The United Transportation Union (UTU) has completed a long-proposed merger with the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA). As of Nov. 30, the two merged organizations became the Sheet Metal, Air,...
January 15, 2009 | CN, Headlines, UTU
(The following story by Jeff Gray appeared on the Globe and Mail website on January 15, 2009.) TORONTO — Trouble-plagued GO Transit tried to blame Canadian National Railway Co. yesterday after thousands of commuters faced a morning of cancelled trains and delays of up...
February 21, 2008 | Headlines, UTU
(The following story by Diane Wetzel appeared on The North Platte Telegraph website on February 21.) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — John Hasenauer of North Platte has worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for 37 years. In the past two decades, Hasenauer has been active in Local...
January 25, 2008 | Headlines, UTU
(The National Carriers’ Conference Committee issued the following on January 24.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s major freight railroads and the United Transportation Union (UTU) reached tentative agreement Wednesday on a new contract covering wages,...
January 4, 2008 | Headlines, UTU
(The following appeared on the Railway Age website on January 2.) NEW YORK — The United Transportation Union most likely won’t become SMART after all as its new leadership has announced that the planned UTU-Sheet Metal Workers International Association...
