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| | The Cyberspace World Railroad - UTU and Union News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | The UTU, knowing the BNSF is lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut, said, "Hell, no. We won't be intimidated." The UTU knows how the BNSF operates -- such as the BN's failed attempt years ago to use its subsidiary, Winona Bridge, to beat UTU crew-consist agreements. |
 | | Of course, the UTU struck the BN and made it stick in court, eventually winning a good measure of labor protection for trainmen who lost their jobs on BN. |
 | | It was only after the UTU became aware of the BLET's attempt to sell-out a UTU-represented employee that the UTU made its own proposal to the BNSF. |
| www.cwrr.com /Union/UTU_08_06_05.shtml (995 words) |
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