The Circus is coming to town! And Local 776 has tickets for you! The Local Union has purchased 100 adult tickets and 100 children's tickets. The tickets can be picked up at either the Harrisburg or York Union Hall during normal business hours. Full details are below:

The IBT has scheduled a conference call for January 28, 2018 to update UPS and UPS Freight members on the process of negotiations. Full details on how to participate can be found below:

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCA) regulations pertaining to Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) are being implemented through a multi-year phase in program.

Local 776 recently conducted an ELD training seminar to familiarize affected individuals with the rule and their responsibilities under it. The ELD rule is intended to help create a safer work environment for drivers, and make it easier and faster to accurately track, manage, and share records of duty status (RODS) data. Drivers must understand and be able to use ELDs by the required deadline, including how to annotate and edit RODS, certify RODS, and collect required supporting documents. They will also need to know how to display and transfer data to safety officials when requested. 

For more information on the ELD implementation please follow the link below:

FMCA ELD Rule

On January 10-11, 2018, lead negotiators for the UPS Freight contract, Kris Taylor and Shawn Dougherty, met with members at the Harrisburg and York terminals. The purpose of meeting with the members was to discuss contract proposals and answer questions pertaining to the contract negotiating process. Joined by Local 776 President Edgar Thompson and UPS Freight Business Agent Spencer Dearth, the group logged several miles walking the dock and meeting with the members through the course of the two-day tour of the facilities. Preparations for negotiations by the IBT have been occurring for months for the UPS Package and UPS Freight contract and are scheduled to begin on January 22, 2018. The two UPS contracts expire in July 2018, with the UPS Package contract the largest collective bargaining agreement in the country.

Shawn Dougherty (3rd from left) and Kris Taylor (4th from left) along with Local 776 Busines Agent Spencer Dearth (back to camera) meet with UPSF members.

The Local Union will be holding a seminar on electronic logging on January 13, 2018. Details can be found below:

The Local’s truck does it all; from moving supplies in support of disaster relief, transporting school supplies, and moving toys for the Toys for Tots program our truck is involved in the community.

In 2016 Ken Kertesz, Chairman of the Pennsylvania State Legislative Board for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), which is part of the Teamsters Rail Conference, contacted Local 776 Secretary-Treasurer Ron Hicks asking if the Local could help them move some train parts from Scranton, Pa to Silva, NC for restoration.

 In December 2017 the restored parts were transported back to Scranton, PA where the restoration work continues. The restoration project is titled “Project 3713” and has a targeted completion date in 2022. Built in 1934, retired from passenger service in 1958, saved from being scraped and made into foreign cars, it was one of the fastest steam locomotives ever built. She has been labeled "America's Locomotive", and her official name is "The Constitution".

Inside the boxes are #3713's two NYAB cross compound air compressors, the Sunbeam dynamo, and the air compressor governor. All have been rebuilt and are ready to be used when the locomotive is reassembled.

"Brother Ron, all of Local 776 Sisters and Brothers and Brother Tom:  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!  Your support and kind assistance is allowing this project to move forward.  We will keep you all abreast of our progress and when she fires up in 2022; we'll extend a heartfelt invitation to our Great Sisters and Brothers to join us for a ride!" Commented Ken Kertesz, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET).