NMB to hear
UTU vs. BLE
July 6, 1999
CLEVELAND -- As the National Mediation Board (NMB) begins hearings July 6, two top officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) admit their union is split down the middle, troubled financially, paralyzed, and intentionally provoked the UTU. -- Full story.

UTU files suit
over adulterants
CLEVELAND­The UTU has filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco seeking to overturn federal regulations which prohibit an employee's urine sample from being re-tested in the face of an indication for adulterants. -- Full story.

No Conrail
meltdown -- yet
CLEVELAND -- It's not a meltdown -- yet. Although some problems were expected with the split up of Conrail between CSX and Norfolk Southern, no one anticipated what has happened since June 1. -- Full story.

G. Thomas DuBose

DuBose supports
Little, BLE initiative
ST. LOUIS -- UTU President Emeritus G. Thomas DuBose told 1,000 UTU members at a June 14 UTU/UTUIA Regional Meeting luncheon that "taking on the BLE is not an easy job, but it can be done." -- Full story.