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Email Timothy Deneen (312), Director-Chair

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Madison, Wisconsin 53703-4262 Telephone: 1-608-251-4120 Facsimile: 1-608-251-7870

 Tips to comply with FRA cell-phone ban

11/17/08 UTU, BLET seek cell-phone ban fixes...(full story)

11/12/08...Carriers may set up a sting to catch you in violation of the ban, such as by calling your cell phone number under the guise of testing compliance with the emergency order...(full story)

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11/13/08 So does Rep. Ryan really oppose exporting jobs?... (full story)
11/13/08 Post-Election Matters: How to fix broken GOP, by Paul Ryan; and a word from new Assembly speaker... (full story)
11/13/08 State warns of new possible melamine contamination... (full story)
11/10/08 Economy dampens hopes of advocates with agendas... (full story)
11/3/08

Obama and the better angels of Wisconsin's nature!.... (full story)

10/22/08

In a speech he titled "Economic Injustice," Obey told...(an)audience...that the country's ongoing financial crisis isn't the result of the so-called housing bubble or even Wall Street exuberance...Instead, it's the result of the economic policies launched by so-called Reaganomics after the 1980 election, which has widened the gap between rich and poor to where it was when America's Great Depression began in 1929. As then, the richest 10 percent of Americans again control 50 percent of the nation's wealth...(full story)

10/22/08 Don't ignor the constitution during the election season...(full story)
10/6/08 After bailout, bigger job awaits...(full story)
9/23/08

Don't make middle class pay for bailout..(full story)

9/6/08

Transparency needed on issue ads

The new Wisconsin Government Accountability Board is considering going where the state Legislature refuses to go by requiring organizations that run so-called "issue advocacy ads" to reveal who paid for them and subjecting the expenditures to the state's campaign finance limits..(full story)

9/4/08 Plain Talk: Why we need strong regulation (full story)

 

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 Headlines from UTU.ORG
 11/18/08

The UTU has joined with the United Auto Workers and other AFL-CIO unions in support of a congressional stimulus package that includes additional federal financial support for the U.S. auto industry... (full story)

 11/10/08

From the election season to the FLU season: 

Wash hands and get that flu shot.. (full story)

 10/21/08

Retirement Board agrees on reforms (full story)

 10/20/08

Rail unions reject disability overhaul  (full story)

 10/16/08

Rail Safety bill signed into law.

October 16, 2008 (full story)

10/1/08 FRA issues cell-phone ban...(full story)
 9/5/08

November 2008 brings UTU local elections (full story)

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2/26/08 MRSA... (full story)
3/11/08 Don’t become a victim twice...Make a paper trail....(full story)
12/26/07

Expect to be drug/alcohol tested (full story)

10/29/07 UnitedHealthcare adds Web site for rail members

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