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TCU/IAM’S ALLISON PARKER BEGINS SERVING AS Labor Chair for the National Railroad Adjustment Board

April 1, 2025 – Effective today, Allison Parker will begin serving as the Labor Chair for the National Railroad Adjustment Board (NRAB). The NRAB is an arm of the National Mediation Board (NMB) and is crucial in resolving discipline and rule grievances on practically every rail carrier in the United States. Allison has more than

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RRB Seminar for Washington DC Amtrak Local Lodge

March 7, 2025, Washington, D.C. – On February 25, 2025, Jessica Cullop, Director of TCU’s Social Services Department, presented a Railroad Retirement seminar at the Amtrak Washington, D.C. Local Lodge meeting.  Local Lodge T6364 President Curtis Harris and Local Chairman Andre Reese coordinated this seminar.  Carmen General President Don Grissom, Carmen General Vice President Darren

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TCU/IAM Lorton, Va. Amtrak Auto Train Workers Picket for a Living Wage

LORTON, Va., Feb, 19, 2025 – More than a year after voting to organize into the Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM), the largest union on Amtrak, a group of Drummac employees who work on the Amtrak Auto Train Property in Lorton, Va., are holding an informational picket against Drummac management’s stall tactics during negotiations. “These employees

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