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UTU sues carriers over crew-size and FELA bargaining <br /> <br />The United Transportation Union has asked a federal court in Illinois to bar railroads from demanding that the union "collectively bargain" on two carrier demands. One would change current agreements to include a provision that "crew size shall be based on operational needs as determined by the railroads." UTU says these words could be construed to "eliminate every conductor aboard through-freight trains." UTU also asked the court to bar from the bargaining table "a carrier notice to seek jointly from Congress legislation eliminating the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), a federal statute allowing injured railroad workers to sue carriers for damages arising from unsafe working conditions." <br /> <br />National Carriers' Conference Committee Chairman Robert F. Allen responded to the UTU by saying the union "has decided to misuse the legal process to raise issues that properly should be addressed at the bargaining table and not in the courtroom. We are dismayed by the union’s irresponsible and false characterization of the nation’s rail system, which remains the safest in the world and the safest way to move goods and products on the ground. . . . We hope that during the course of these negotiations the UTU will commit to helping the railroads meet the transportation challenges of the future rather than defending the outmoded work rules of the past." <br /> <br />From Railway Age <br />
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