Local 100 Opens Union Office at Stillwell

Local 100 President Tony Utano (center) with Secretary Treasure Earl Phillips, Administrative Vice President Nelson Rivera, RTO Vice President Joe Costales, Conductor/Tower Division Chair Crystal Young and RTO members stand in front of the new union office at Stillwell Avenue crewroom.
Local 100 President Tony Utano (center) with Secretary Treasure Earl Phillips, Administrative Vice President Nelson Rivera, RTO Vice President Joe Costales, Conductor/Tower Division Chair Crystal Young and RTO members stand in front of the new union office at Stillwell Avenue crewroom.

Local 100 President Tony Utano was on hand to open a first-ever union office at the Stillwell Avenue RTO crewroom, the busiest in the system. Utano said that a union officer would be available on a rotating schedule for both AM and PM shifts.  A business schedule will be posted in the crewroom for the membership’s convenience. The union will also set times when a pension and/or health benefit expert would be available on site to provide those services. 

The office will be outfitted with a computer to access records and other pertinent information, and will have business forms available for a variety of union functions. Utano said that he is considering similar union outreach at other facilities.  “We are going to monitor traffic at the office to see if the members use this service.  If it proves popular, we’ll expand the program,” he said.