September 16, 2003 | Headlines, UTU
(The U.S. Department of Justice/Southern District of Texas issued the following news release on September 15.) HOUSTON — United States Attorney Michael Shelby announced the return of an indictment on Friday charging Byron Alford Boyd, Jr., 57, Seattle,...
May 23, 2003 | Headlines, Remote Control, UTU
(The United Transportation Union posted the following article on its website on May 21. Additional information in parenthesis added by BLE editors.) HERMISTON, Ore. — UTU member Tim Gettman of Local 473 in La Grande, Ore., lost his left arm in a switching...
March 5, 2003 | Headlines, UP, UTU
(Forbes.com posted the following Reuters article by Chris Stetkiewicz on March 5.) SEATTLE — Three women workers at Union Pacific Corp. Tuesday sued the largest U.S. railroad to try to force it to add contraception coverage to its health care plan. In a class...
October 16, 2002 | Headlines, UTU
ELKHART, Ind. — Norfolk Southern Corp.’s Elkhart-based conductors will be unable to use a strike to effect changes in labor conditions, the South Bend Tribune reported. On Monday, United Transportation Union Local 194 Chairman Robert Holbrook submitted a...
September 24, 2002 | Headlines, NS, UTU
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Norfolk Southern Corp. has temporarily closed the newly rebuilt part of its Enola railroad yard in East Pennsboro Twp. and laid off 14 workers in a dispute with the United Transportation Union over safety issues. No reopening date has been...
July 19, 2002 | Headlines, UTU
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Transportation Association was officially certified Tuesday as the representative of city bus drivers in Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Journal reports. It had been operating unofficially since the drivers had a falling out with...
