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Flawed Rail Carrier Proposal Puts Communities at Risk
WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Teamsters Rail Conference learned that the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC), representing the nation's Class 1 railroads, has presented a dangerous contract proposal to the United Transportation Union (UTU) designed to coerce UTU into acquiescing to the carriers' desire to reduce locomotive crew size from two workers to one.
James P. Hoffa, Teamsters General President and Don M. Hahs, National President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) issued the following joint statement supporting UTU President Paul C. Thompson in his refusal to entertain the carriers' unsafe proposal.
"We will actively support UTU President Paul Thompson and the members of his...
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