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We are the United Transportation Union (UTU), headquartered in
the Cleveland suburb of North Olmsted, Ohio. We are a broad-
based, transportation labor union representing about 125,000
active and retired railroad, bus and mass transit workers in the
United States and Canada. With offices in Cleveland and
Washington, D.C., the UTU is the largest railroad operating
union in North America, with more than 500 locals. The UTU
represents employees on every Class I railroad, as well as
employees on many regional and shortline railroads. It also
represents bus and mass transit employees on approximately 45
bus and transit systems and has recently grown to include
airline pilots, dispatchers and other airport personnel.
Membership is drawn primarily from the operating crafts in the
railroad industry and includes conductors, brakemen, switchmen,
ground service personnel, locomotive engineers, ho