January 31, 2006 | Headlines, UTU
(The following article by Stacie Hamel was posted on the Omaha World-Herald website on January 31.) OMAHA, Neb. — Two major railroad unions announced Monday that they have agreed to work together against one-person train crews and to not sign individual...
February 8, 2005 | Headlines, National Mediation Board, UTU
(The National Mediation Board issued the following news release on February 7.) WASHINGTON — The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce that the United Transportation Union (UTU) reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the Soo...
January 18, 2005 | CN, Headlines, UTU
(Reuters circulated the following story by Allan Dowd on January 17.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The latest contract negotiations between Canadian National Railway Co., the country’s biggest railway, and its Canadian train crews have failed to produce a...
July 12, 2004 | Headlines, UTU
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Pam Easton on July 9.) HOUSTON — Two former presidents of a Cleveland, Ohio-based union were sentenced to two years in prison Friday on conspiracy charges for extorting money and valuables from attorneys...
July 12, 2004 | Headlines, UTU
(The following article by Harvey Rice was posted on the Houston Chronicle website on July 9.) HOUSTON — Disgraced former leaders of the nation’s largest railroad operating union described a system controlled by corrupt lawyers during a sentencing hearing...
April 13, 2004 | Headlines, National Mediation Board, UTU
(The National Mediation Board issued the following news release on April 13.) WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush established Emergency Board 237 to investigate a collective bargaining dispute between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority...
March 12, 2004 | Headlines, UTU
(The following story by Harvey Rice appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on March 11.) HOUSTON — The international president of the nation’s largest railroad operating union pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a bribery scheme that included...
March 3, 2004 | Headlines, UTU
(The United Transportation Union issued the following news release on March 2.) LAKEWOOD, Ohio — United Transportation Union Assistant President Paul C. Thompson will assume the duties of the Office of President of the UTU following the March 2 decision of the...
January 30, 2004 | Headlines, UTU
(The Houston Chronicle posted the following story on its website on January 28.) HOUSTON — The former president of the nation’s largest railroad operating union has pleaded guilty to charges that he and other union officials sought bribes from attorneys in...
January 26, 2004 | Headlines, UTU
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 25.) HOUSTON — A former official for a Cleveland-based union has pleaded guilty to charges that he took cash payments and other things of value from attorneys doing business with the union, U.S....
