A union that represents Train and Engine Service Employees on the Union Pacific Railroad Southern Region Rail Conference International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Sunday, June 26, 2005

NEW AC HOTLINE

NEW AC HOTLINE

(206) 350-6302

BLET UP Southern Region GCA is asking your help in addressing the need for climate control locomotives for all of our members. We have established this 24 hour hotline to collect complaints phoned in to document trains run without AC or that have non-working AC units in the lead. We also want to document any cases where managers issued instructions to depart without allowing you to switch out the consist to get a working AC on the lead locomotive. Please call the hotline and after a brief message provide the following data:

s YOUR NAME

s TRAIN ID

s DATE AND TIME

s CIRC-7 LOCATION

s LEAD UNIT NUMBER (NOT A/C EQUIPPED)

s IDENTIFY ANY TRAILING OR AVAILABLE UNIT(S) THAT ARE A/C EQUIPPED ALONG WITH THE NAME(S) OF ANY PERSONS WHO REFUSED YOUR REQUEST TO ALLOW THESE UNITS TO BE SWAPPED AROUND