UTU. Utu was the Sumerian god of the sun (he is identified with the Akkadian Shamash) and the city god of both Sippar and Larsa, where he had temples bearing the same name "shining house." Utu was the son of the moon god, Nanna, and...

Sumerian sun-god. His main role is that of a guardian of justice. In other respects he falls short of the Akkadian sun-god → Šamaš in importance and significance, and this is evident from the fact that he is classified under the...

This article refers to the Sumerian deity. For other uses, see Utu (disambiguation). Utu is the Sumerian for "Sun". The Sumerian cuneiform character is encoded in Unicode at U+12313 𒌓 (Borger nr. 381). In Sumerian mythology, Utu is the son of the...

The United Transportation Union intends to pursue a winner-takeall representation election for Train & Engine Service workers this spring on a so-far unnamed Glass I railroad. It is part of the UTU strategy to achieve a single industry-wide contract for all Class I...

The contentious negotiations and legal wrangling in which the nation's major railroads and labor unions have been involved since Section 6 notices were served in November 2004 took several twists late last month, when the United Transportation Union asked the U.S. District Court...

The United Transportation Union on Tuesday endorsed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president, the first national union endorsement of the 2008 campaign."The UTU has a long history of picking winners early. Hillary will be a president that America's working families can...

Democrat Chris Dodd has earned the backing of the International Association of Fire Fighters, a major coup for the presidential hopeful, while leading contender Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton secured the endorsement Tuesday of the United Transportation Union.The Dodd endorsement is the more surprising of the...