Bob Szabo Meets With UTU International President to Discuss Rail Reform

This photo can also be found at the United Transportation Union International website.

UTU International President Mike Futhey, right, met recently in Washington with Robert Szabo, executive director of Consumers United for Rail Equity (CURE), an advocacy group of captive rail shippers, to discuss legislative issues of mutual interest.

CURE-inspired legislation, backed by House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.), and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), would require the Surface Transportation Board to be more aggressive in its oversight of the remaining major railroads -- just seven major systems today, versus almost 40 when the Staggers Rail Act was passed in 1980. CURE also supports legislative proposals to place railroads under the same antitrust laws as all other American industry.

Futhey has a Jan. 28 meeting scheduled with Oberstar.