link to national agreements and awards online
From Shawn Monahan
So here they are the link below will bring you to the internationals page for national agreements. You can also search awards from this page. You can also find it under the links portion of the webpage and on the member forum.
http://utu.org/awards-agreements/
Posted in News on 05.14.2012 4:38pm
ADO's for 5/1/2012
From shawnmo82@yahoo..com
The new ADO list for May is now posted under ADO list.
Posted in News on 04.26.2012 11:48am
UTU 2004 SOO, 2008 SOO, 2011 National agreement
From shawn monahan
I have been given the three agreements in digital format. However I am unable to upload them to the website. They include the contracts and side letters pertaining to the contracts with Q and A. So if you would like them let me know and I can send them to you as a e-mail attachment. My e-mail is shawnmo82@yahoo.com.
Posted in News on 04.21.2012 6:11pm
Total Dues for 2011 (corrected)
From Rob Newhouse
Just an FYI being that April 15th is fast approaching... the total dues that we paid last year (not including Anthem as it's not deductible) was $1,220.04.
I had the wrong amount on here before... the amount above is the correct amount. Sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused. I figured it with the new amount that we are paying now instead of the old amount from last year.
Posted in News on 03.02.2012 8:52am
Claims
From Rob Newhouse
Please fax time claims and all pertinent information for the yard to
888-505-3886
This helps me to keep them organized and convert them to digital form.
For help making the claims and to ensure that we have something to work with please refer to the article below - 5 Ws of Submitting Claims.
Posted in News on 02.01.2012 10:59am
New ADO List Posted
From Rob Newhouse
February ADOs for TCT Posted
Posted in News on 01.25.2012 8:36pm
January 28, 2012 UTU 911 Holiday Party
From Shawn Monahan
THE UTU 911 WILL BE HAVIN' THEIR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS JANUARY 28TH (SATURDAY) AT THE KRAUS HARTIG VFW IN SPRING LAKE PARK. HAPPY HR. WILL START AT 5:00 & DINNER WILL BE PROMPTLY SERVED AT 7:00. ALL UTU MEMBERS AND A GUEST ARE INVITED. WE'LL BE HANDIN' OUT DRINK TICKETS AT 5:00. THE CATERER, DARYL LEDIN, PUTS OUT A FANTASTIC MEAL W/ LOTS OF DELECTABLE CHOICES. I CHALLENGE ANYONE, EVEN W/ DIET RESTRICTIONS, TO NOT BE TOTALY SATISFIED! THERE WILL BE SOME GREAT PRIZES HANDED OUT, SOME BRIEF, BUT SINCERE & HEARTFELT PRESENTATIONS, AND SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS OF HONOR.
DON FANNING IS 101 YRS. OLD & HE WILL BE THERE ALONG W/ SOME OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS AS WELL.
THIS THING IS TOTALY FREE
If your not 21 that's ok.
Just come if not for anything but the free food and drinks.
Link to directions in the upper right hand corner.
Posted in News on 01.21.2012 9:12pm
The 5 W's of submitting claims
From Rob Newhouse
Time Claims (5 Important W's)
As previously stated, probably the most essential element in the handling of a
grievance is getting the facts.
In the handling of time claims, the claim should contain the specific facts
involved in the grievance as well as reference to the specific rule which allegedly
has been violated. Such facts include what actually happened, the date of the occurrence,
the yard or run involved, the engine number, train number, etc.
Remember the Five W's:
Who is involved in the claim or grievance? Name(s) of person(s)
involved-anyone who can furnish information concerning the claim or grievance.
(Don't forget the supervisor or management representative who might
have caused the claim or grievance.)
When did the claim or grievance occur? On what day and at what time did
the act or omission take place which created theelaim. or grievance?
Where did this occur? Exact location-mile-post number, yard, industrial
track, terminal, etc. .
Why is this a claim or grievance? What has been violated? Agreements?
Supplement? Local agreements? Past practice? Law? Rulings or awards? In
order to have a legitimate claim or grievance, there must be a violation of
something. This ''Vi" directs your attention to that specific something which
has been violated.
What are the demands? What adjustments are necessary to completely correct
the injustice and to place the aggrieved member in some position he or
she would have been in had the grievance not occurred?
Posted in News on 12.07.2011 2:28pm
Entry Rates for New Hires (New Agreement)
From Rob Newhouse
Entry rates (monthly) for new hire train service employees will be paid in the following manner.
Year 1 – Training Rate (120 days) $765.88-wk, 8 Months -$4346.96-mo. (85%)
Year 2 - $4602.66-mo. (90%)
Year 3 - $4602.66-mo. (90%)
Year 4 - $4858.39-mo. (95%)
Year 5 - $5114.07-mo. (100%)
If a train service employee has no FRA reportable injuries and no formal discipline violations in service years two (2) and three (3), the employees will be compensated at 100% of the applicable rate of pay upon reaching the third anniversary date computed from the first day of training. See below.
Year 1 – Training Rate (120 days) $765.88-wk, 8 Months -$4346.96-mo. (85%)
Year 2 - $4602.66-mo. (90%)
Year 3 - $4602.66-mo. (90%)
Year 4 - $5114.07-mo. (100%)
A Train service employee who had reached his third anniversary date prior to the effective date of this Agreement, but not his fourth, and who had no FRA reportable injuries and no formal discipline in service years two (2) and three (3) will be compensated at 100% of the applicable rate effective on the date of this Agreement.
Posted in News on 10.05.2011 8:20pm
Contract Ratified
From Rob Newhouse
Ok it passed. Here's the email I got from General Chairman Nelson.
Following is how each UTU craft voted in ratifying the national agreement with most major railroads. The votes were certified by BallotPoint.
Craft
For
Against
Conductors
59%
41%
Yardmen
67%
33%
Brakemen
63%
37%
Engineers
53%
47%
Firemen/Hostlers
59%
41%
Yardmasters
68%
32%
Total:
60%
40%
Posted in News on 09.04.2011 8:54am
Synopsis Posted on Member Forum
From Rob Newhouse
Yet another reason to join the member forum... I have posted the contract synopsis in there as an attachment so you can download it yourself if you want.
The forum is going to provide a quick and easy way to share documents so make sure that you join and tell your co-workers to join as well.
Posted in News on 08.03.2011 1:54pm
Ratification of Proposed National Agreement
From Rob Newhouse
July 29, 2011
All Members Under Nation Handling
Re: Ratification of Proposed National Agreement
Although we anticipated sending the proposed National Agreement out for ratification sooner, delays were incurred in reaching a final agreement on the Questions and Answers. As a result, and in order to ensure adequate time is made available to have the documents finalized and printed, the proposed agreement will be mailed out for ratification on Friday, August 12, 2011 and the balloting period will remain open until 4:00pm Eastern Time on Friday, September 2, 2011 at which time they shall be counted.
As in the past, only valid ballots cast will be counted.
Fraternally yours,
M.B. Futhey Jr.
International President
Posted in News on 08.03.2011 12:18pm
Contract Meeting with International Schedule released
From Rob Newhouse
MINNESOTA
> UTU NATIONAL CONTRACT MEETINGS!
>
> Minneapolis/St. Paul: Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 10:AM
> St. Paul Trades and Labor Building
> (UTU Minneosta Office-Main Room)
> 411 Main Street, St. Paul, MN 55102
> Across from Exel Centre, Parking
> at rear of building.
>
> Willmar: Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 7:PM
> Willmar Holiday Inn, State Hwy
> 12
>
> Duluth/Superior: Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 1:PM
> Proctor Blackwoods Banquet Center
> State Highway 2 and Boundary Ave.
>
> YOUR UTU NATIONAL CONTRACT PRESENTATION COMMITTEE
> IN ATTENDENCE: UTU NLD JAMES STEM, UTU I-VP JOHN BABLER, UTU
> V-GC-NS/B&O JEREMY FERGUSON.
>
> FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED. PLEASE POST ON
> UTU BULLETIN BOARDS AND FORWARD TO UTU LOCAL EMAIL LISTS.
>
> YOUR TENTATIVE CONTRACT WILL BE A PRESENTEDAND OPEN Q&A SESSION WILL
> FOLLOW. (WATCH FOR POSSIBLE UPDATE ON WILLMAR LOCATION). ATTEND AND BE
> INFORMED ON YOUR NATIONAL CONTACT!
>
> UTU MEMBERS: BNSF, CN, CP, DME, UP, RRVW, MDW, PROGRESSIVE RAIL:
> PLEASE ATTEND THIS MEETING!
>
>
Posted in News on 07.20.2011 1:20pm
Check out our new Member Forum
From Rob Newhouse
Click on Member Forum on the right hand side of the page and sign up.
I'm still working the kinks out but let's give it a shot.
Update: Please when choosing a user name use your actual name. If I don't get an actual name so that I can verify that you are a member of UTU911 I will not allow you access to the forum.
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All messages made available as part of this discussion group (including any bulletin boards and chat rooms) and any opinions, advice, statements or other information contained in any messages posted or transmitted by any third party are the responsibility of the author of that message and not of UTU Local 911 (unless UTU Local 911 is specifically identified as the author of the message). The fact that a particular message is posted on or transmitted using this UTU Local 911 web site does not mean that UTU Local 911 has endorsed that message in any way or verified the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message. We encourage visitors to the forum to report any objectionable message to standish83@gmail.com. This forum is not monitored 24/7."
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Posted in News on 05.04.2011 6:52pm
UTU, rails in tentative new 5-year agreement
From Rob Newhouse
A tentative new five-year national rail agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions has been reached between the UTU and the National Carriers' Conference Committee (NCCC).
The tentative agreement is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2010, and extends through Dec. 31, 2014.
The tentative agreement, which amends the existing national agreement, must be ratified by each affected UTU craft under the craft-autonomy provisions of the UTU Constitution. The existing national agreement remains in force under provisions of the Railway Labor Act.
Details of the tentative agreement are being withheld pending its presentation to a yet-to-be-scheduled meeting of the Association of UTU General Chairpersons. General chairpersons will then have 15 days to submit written questions. The questions and answers will be provided to all members prior to the ratification vote.
Railroads represented by the NCCC include BNSF, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific and many smaller railroads. Some 38,000 UTU members are affected by the tentative new agreement.
This is the first agreement reached this round of national bargaining with the NCCC. It was reached, voluntarily, without need for mediation. However, two members of the National Mediation Board -- Elizabeth Dougherty and Linda Puchala -- served as facilitators during the two most recent rounds of talks between the UTU and the NCCC leading to this tentative agreement.
UTU International President Mike Futhey thanked his negotiating team for "their hard work and long hours. I am confident our general chairpersons will react positively when the details of this agreement are presented to them."
In addition to UTU lead negotiator Futhey, the negotiating team includes Assistant President Arty Martin; National Legislative Director James Stem; UTU International Vice Presidents Robert Kerley and Delbert Strunk; and General Chairpersons John Lesniewski (CSX, GO 049), Pate King (NS, GO 680) and Doyle Turner (CSX, GO 347).
Futhey also praised retired UTU General Secretary & Treasurer Dan Johnson for his emphasizing, early in the process and through a series of opinion articles published on the UTU website, the value of interest-based bargaining whereby both sides strive to understand the needs of the other.
"Interest-based bargaining worked well for the UTU in reaching a ratified national agreement in 2008, and interest-based bargaining was instrumental again this round in guiding both sides to a voluntary tentative agreement," Futhey said.
Other labor organizations -- bargaining as part of two separate coalitions -- remain in negotiations with the NMB, and mediation has been invoked in those separate talks.
One coalition includes the Transportation Communications Union, the American Train Dispatchers Association, the International Association of Machinists, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and the Transport Workers Union.
A second coalition still negotiating with the NCCC includes the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, the Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths, the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association.
Posted in News on 05.04.2011 3:38pm