The holidays aren't far off and shopping has already begun for many of us.  This year the perfect gift for the TCU member (and family) is easy to find and easy to buy.  Just click here to see TCU's great selection!   For more easy to find Union-Made in the USA gift items, check what the AFL-CIO has, starting with holiday cards for Christmas, Channukah and Kwanzaa. A very special gift this year, given the historic election of Barack Obama, is a special set of two books he wrote which the federation is making available at a discount of almost 20 percent.  Dreams from My Father describes Obama's struggle to understand the forces that shaped him as the son of a black African father and a white American mother—a struggle that takes him from the American heartland to the ancestral home of his great-aunt in the tiny African Village of Alego. In his second book, The Audacity of Hope, Obama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, shares personal views on faith and values, and offers a vision for repairing our political process and restoring a government that has fallen out of touch with the people.  Click here to go to the AFL-CIO Online Store.

Military Veterans of TCU:
We'd Like to Hear from You

We honor those who served this country on Veterans day. TCU asks if anyone from your family has been called to serve, we would like to honor them at the upcoming TCU convention in July 2009. Find out more »

Court Temporarily Stops DOT from Implementing Drug Test Observation Regulation

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Significant Benefit Improvements Won for Members Covered by the '07 National Freight Agreements

Office visit co-pays reduced when seeing nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, physical therapists and chiropractors.  Read more.

Time Flies: Prepare to Enter 2009 Scholarship Competitions Now

It may feel like there's lots of time left before you, your spouse or one of you children heads off to higher education next year, but time moves fast. Here are two scholarships to consider competing for:

The IAM Scholarship Competition
Union Plus Scholarship Program

Quick Links to Some TCU Allies