December 21, 1998

• UTU Bus Dept. wins representation election at Suburban Transit

December 14, 1998

• USS/Kobe Steel, USX subsidiary, uses dumped foreign steel rail to build new railroad yard using non-union labor

December 10, 1998

• UTU Bus Dept. wins representation election in Las Vegas

December 7, 1998

• Aetna U.S. Healthcare  - Managed Care - Provider Changes

December 3, 1998

• Lake Terminal Railroad plans to keep distance from unsafe non-union replacement at USS/Kobe to protect workers (12/3/98)

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November 25, 1998

• Locomotive for 'Scab' Railroad at USS/KOBE Derails Rupturing Fuel Tank and Spilling Diesel Fuel (11/25/98)

November 24, 1998

• UTU, BLE agree to form a single rail & transportation union (11/24/98)

November 16, 1998

• UTU asks FRA, OSHA to investigate serious safety concerns at USX steel railroads operating in five states

November 11, 1998

• UTU will quit campaign to save Lake Terminal Railroad in order to save other union jobs; but first USS/Kobe must sign a Job Security Pledge

November 9, 1998

• Open Enrollment for Furloughed & Retired Railroad Employees

November 4, 1998

• Election Results - 1998 UTU "State Watch" Endorsement Results

• Aetna U.S. Healthcare  - Managed Care - Provider Changes

November 3, 1998

• Lorain, Ohio, City Council passes resolution to save UTU jobs on Lake Terminal RR

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October 28, 1998

• Retired UTUIA Field Supervisor Lloyd L. Rabb, Jr., passed away October 1, 1998

October 27, 1998

• Labor Secretary Herman, pledges to bring up Lake Terminal RR at White House steel conference

October 23, 1998

• UTU members to get healthcare choice

October 21, 1998

• UTU members, fellow unionists rally at USX headquarters in Pittsburgh

• NMB announces Funding for FY '99

October 19, 1998

• UTU's Membership I Motorcoach is featured in the September, 1998 issue of Bus World magazine.

October 16, 1998

• UTU to continue unification efforts with BLE because of importance to rail operating employees

• UTU Bus Department wins two representation elections

October 15, 1998

• UTU agrees to NMB request to re-open BLE talks

                October 13, 1998

• Beacon Medical opts out of plan

• Railroad workers get new national vision-care plan

October 12, 1998

• UTU/UTUIA 1999 Meeting Dates Announced

October 8, 1998

• UTU to stage major labor rally at USX headquarters to save the 104-year-old Lake Terminal Railroad

October 6, 1998

• UTU asks NMB to reinstate petition for election on UP as BLE talks collapse

• BLE admits it was never serious about creating new union as agreed to in Montana with Donahue

• Asbestos Class Action Terminated - The Georgine (Formerly Carlough) Class Action Has Been Terminated

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September 30, 1998

• UTU, NCCC agree to expand healthcare choice in railroad industry by offering a national Blue Cross Blue Shield option

September 25, 1998

• UTU Yardmasters reach tentative agreement with GTW

September 24, 1998

• Protest against USS/Kobe Steel draws 200 people to Lorain (Ohio) City Hall

• Health First terminates arrangement with United Health Care

September 23, 1998

• UTU plays key role in DOT proposed revisions to locomotive engineer regulations

September 17, 1998

• Railroad Retirement 55/30 retirement rumors are unfounded

• Value Behavioral Health has new name

September 3, 1998

• Aetna US Healthcare™ Significant Network Change - Northern New Jersey Network

• UTU Local (1670) Vice Chairman Juan M. Rodriguez passes away

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August 31, 1998

• UP continues to listen to UTU in major reorganization, decentralization

• Norfolk Southern - Claims for Refund of Railroad Retirement Taxes

August 28, 1998

• Unions, Freight Carriers Launch Projects in Preparation for '99 Round of Bargaining - Interview with NMB's Chairwoman Magdalena G. Jacobsen

• Aetna US Healthcare™ Significant Network Change - Northeast PA Network

August 24, 1998

• New Aetna Preferred Dental Network Announced

August 20, 1998

• Open Enrollment for Furloughed & Retired Railroad Employees

August 20, 1998

• Union Pacific finally wakes up and listens to UTU

August 19, 1998

• Former BLFE and UTU General Chairman Arnie Strommen passed away on Monday, August 17, 1998.

August 15, 1998

• MMCP Re-enrollment package for 1998 to be mailed in October
  

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July 28, 1998

• United Health Care announces "The Personalized Directory"

July 21, 1998

• Assistant President Boyd's appearance on History Channel again re-scheduled

July 16, 1998

• UTU Yardmasters and Soo Line reach tentative agreement

July 15, 1998

• Walgreens withdraws from Merck-Medco Prescription drug benefit plan

July 13, 1998

• Status of the National Wage and Rules Panel established pursuant to the Award of Arbitration Board No. 559.

July 7, 1998

• Message from President Little - Amtrak and a letter from UTU member D. W. Collins
• ALERT!! - ALERT!! - ALERT!! - ALL ACTIVE & RETIRED RAILROAD WORKERS ALL ACTIVE & RETIRED RAILROAD WORKERS - The jobs of 23,000 Amtrak Employees are under attack!!

July 1, 1998

• UTU, BLE explore creation of new organization
  

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June 30, 1998

• Amtrak Appropriations Vote - Your help is needed!!

June 23, 1998

• BLE - VIA Accord
• Gordon Wilson, Past President of the Ontario Federation of Labour speaks at the Toronto UTU Region Meeting

June 6, 1998

• Surface Transportation Board Approves CSX/Norfolk Southern Takeover of Conrail
• Full Text of FD 33388
• Nation's Chief Mediator Announces Return to Private Sector

• CSXT/NS acquisition of Conrail meeting will be held at the Toronto Region Meeting

June 5, 1998

• UTU Announces UTU/CSXT/FRA Joint Safety Project
• CSX adopts new "21st Century" discipline policy

June 4, 1998

• Heroic UTU Member awarded top honor by Norfolk Southern

June 3, 1998

• Decision re: Requirement to "empty pockets" prior to providing samples in connection with a random drug and alcohol test under 49CFR 40.25.
• UTU Daily News Politics Special

June 1, 1998

• TWU Strikes SEPTA

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May 27, 1998

• Train Service jobs available on Conrail

May 22, 1998

• Joint Statement of the United Transportation Union and The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

May 21, 1998

• UTU, BLE meeting in Montana seeks to resolve long-running dispute

May 18, 1998

• Little criticizes UP for blaming woes on workers

May 15, 1998

• UTU member among crew killed in grade-crossing accident

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April 30, 1998

• FRA Workshop Focuses on 21st Century Train Dispatching

April 21, 1998

• UTU General Chairperson Chuck Downey passes away

April 13, 1998

• UTU, BLE Officers begin discussions

April 8, 1998

• UTU's Membership I motorcoach makes its "maiden voyage"

April 3, 1998

• Former UTU International President Fred A. Hardin passes away
  

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March 26, 1998

• UTU, BLE agree to talk

March 23, 1998

• UTU will "reassess"AFL-CIO membership

March 20, 1998

• Toll-Free UTU/Union Pacific Hotline Available By Dialing 1-800-964-9464

March 19, 1998

• BLE President uses "scare tactics" to misinform rail operating employees

March 18, 1998

• UTU "not surprised -- again" by AFL-CIO decision

March 16, 1998

• UTU Defeats IC & BLE Again
• UTU to seek rail sponsership of peer-to-peer support efforts in next round of negotiations

March 13, 1998

• Attention! All Operating Rail Employees. Attention!

March 9, 1998

• UTU pushes Union Pacific to fix labor woes

March 6, 1998

• Open Letter to BLE Local Chairman R. E. Smirl and all UTU & BLE Officers

March 5, 1998

• Alert - Union Pacific Efficiency Testing

March 4, 1998

• UTU Engineers Invited To Participate in Documentary

March 3, 1998

• More Important Questions & Answers for all Operating Railroad Employees
• UTU Members Invited to Participate in Caboose Documentary

March 2, 1998

• Wisconsin Governor Announces Amtrak Extension to Watertown

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February 27, 1998

• UTU "not surprised" by AFL-CIO decision
• Ten Important Questions & Answers for all Operating Railroad Employees

February 26, 1998

• UTU's Chief: A Little Bit of Debs and Dempsey - Railway Age Magazine article by Frank Wilner

February 25, 1998

• Rail Safety - Submission by UTU NLD to US Senate on February 25, 1998

February 24, 1998

• UTU membership figures continue to grow; union finances "strong and growing stronger"

February 23, 1998

• UTU purchasing Washington, D.C., building; eyes new Cleveland area headquarters

February 20, 1998

• A preview of UTU International President Charles L. Little’s column in the March 1998 issue of the UTU News.

February 19, 1998

• Surface Transportation Board upholds UTU request to save members’ jobs on the Union Pacific

February 18, 1998

• Preview of March 1998 UTU News Editorial Column

February 17, 1998

• Open Letter to BLE Legislative Board Chairman J. G. Giblin from UTU Local Chairperson M. J. Reedy

February 16, 1998

• UTU tells AFL-CIO to let NMB decide rail representation dispute before acting
• "The BLE Big Lie"

February 4, 1998

• UTU will Continue to Protect Historical Craft Autonomy for all Railroad Operating Employees
  

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January 29, 1998

• UTU responds to BLE allegations
• John Giblin letter to President Little

January 22, 1998

• UTU uncovers BLE plot to "crash" union
• UTU tells rail labor it "will not withdraw" petition to NMB for elections "under any event"
• UTU open Letter to TTD - Rail Labor Division
• Amtrak and the draft Clinton Administration budget for FY99

January 21, 1998

• Letter from UTU General Chairman  M. W. Currie regarding the establishment of the seniority date for CSX locomotive engineers

January 19, 1998

• UTU asks NMB to reject BLE’s attempt to stop vote on one operating rail union Seniority rosters are "sacred to this union" declares UTU International President

January 16, 1998

• UTU asks AFL-CIO to deny "emergency" meeting
• Clinton Would End Amtrak Subsidies, Senators Complain

January 15, 1998

• CSX, Norfolk Southern make commitment to UTU to protect union jobs if Conrail is acquired by

January 14, 1998

• UTU accuses BLE of using "strong-arm tactics" to stop vote by rank-and-file operating rail workers (1/14/98)

January 13, 1998

• BLE issues expected negative comments to NMB action

January 12, 1998

• UTU asks NMB to create Single Operating Craft in Railroad Industry
• An Open letter to All Operating Rail Union Members

January 9, 1998

• President Clinton names Cherryl T. Thomas as RRB Chair

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