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Update on Amtrak negotiations

October 22, 2011 Amtrak General Chairperson Dirk Sampson (GO 769), issued the following update on wage, benefits and work rules negotiations with Amtrak: “In continuing contract talks with Amtrak, we are striving to obtain an equitable agreement for our members. “We recently sent [...]

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Amtrak contract talks: July 2011 update

July 14, 2011 Sampson Dirk Sampson, now acting general chairperson for Amtrak GO 769, issued the following update on wage, benefits and work rules negotiations with Amtrak following the death of General Chairperson Roger Lenfest. Sampson will join with Amtrak General Chairperson Bill Beebe [...]

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Amtrak GC Roger Lenfest, 65, dies

July 12, 2011 General Chairperson Roger Lenfest (Amtrak, GO 769), age 65, died July 10 following a short illness. Lenfest, of Sicklerville, N.J., succeeded Al Suozzo as general chairperson following Suozzo’s death in March 2010. Assistant General Chairperson Dirk Sampson becomes acting gen [...]

Tags Al Suozzo, Bill Beebe, Dirk Sampson, GO 769, John Previsich, Local 898, Roger Lenfest

Amtrak contract talks: June 2011 update

June 1, 2011 By International Vice President John Previsich Collective bargaining with Amtrak over revisions to the current wages, benefits and work rules agreement continues. This report to the membership follows a briefing we provided the general committee during its recent quadr [...]

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Amtrak pass information

May 11, 2011 Amtrak provides eligible active and retired UTU/SMART TD members with passes which can be used to get free or reduced-rate travel aboard the passenger railroad. UTU/SMART TD membership alone does not make the employee or retiree eligible for these travel privileges, and many [...]

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Hard edge emerges in Amtrak wage talks

December 16, 2010 Amtrak maintenance-of-way employees say they want a new wage package at least equivalent to what is paid on the highly profitable freight railroads, reports Angela Greiling Keane for Bloomberg. But unlike profitable freight railroads, Amtrak loses about $1 billion annually, s [...]

UTU serves Section 6 notice on carriers

November 3, 2009 UTU general chairpersons on Nov. 2 served on railroads represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) the UTU’s intended amendments to agreements affecting rates of pay, rules and working conditions. Such notices are required by Section 6 of the [...]

Tags agreement, amendment, contract, craft autonomy, National Carriers' Conference Committee, National Rail Contract, NCCC, Railway Labor Act, Section 6