TCU members covered by the 2007 National Freight Agreements have a significant health insurance benefit improvement coming their way. Starting November 1, 2008, office visit co-pays for nurse practitioners, physicians’ assistants, physical therapists and chiropractors will drop $15—from $35 to $20. There’s more: a new supplemental discount program soon will be applied to charges for
Without fanfare, President George W. Bush on October 16, 2008 signed into law H.R. 2095, the rail safety and Amtrak funding authorization bill. Though Bush did not support this legislation, it passed in Congress by veto-proof votes. The bill authorizes funding for Amtrak for five years; what Amtrak actually gets will depend on how much is
Click here to read the list of candidates endorsed by TCU in the presidential and state-wide elections to take place November 4, 2008. Posted 9/26/08 This portion of this website is paid for by the Machinists Non-Partisan Polical League (http://www.goiam.org) and is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
Last April when Local 938 Chairman Alfredo Alvarez came from California to attend a leadership seminar at the Winpisinger Center in Maryland, he met International President Bob Scardelletti. “Our members have a lot of questions that I can’t answer ,” Alvarez wrote to Scardelletti soon after. “Who better to answer these questions than you?” He
Election Week Countdown Click here President Scardelletti Leaves No Doubt About Who Gets His Vote: The Ballot Goes to Obama and Biden As TCU International President, Bob Scardelletti travels a lot, spending a great deal of time away from his home. That’s why he applied for an absentee ballot for the upcoming presidential election. A
Applying for a Railroad Retirement Annuity–Railroad employees who are planning to retire should be aware of what steps to take and what documents are required when applying for an annuity from the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). Being prepared can prevent needless delays and ensure that payments from the RRB begin as soon as possible after
Click here for a photo review of members and officers of Locals 5050 and 5101.
September 12, 2008—The National Mediation Board has withdrawn its proposal to “clarify” policy about how union representation is handled in a merger when one party is unionized and the other is not. Unions including TCU and the IAM had protested the plan to change current practices, saying the move by the NMB would make it harder for
September 5, 2008 —A tentative agreement for carmen with the Delaware & Hudson Railway Company of the Canadian Pacific is now being submitted to the involved members for their review and ratification. Ratification ballots are in the mail; to be counted, ballots must be received by the Carmen Division by September 25, 2008. The new terms were
Carmen Division members of Local 6983 in Maine who are employed by the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Company ratified new contract terms August 18, 2008. Union negotiators included Division General Vice President Alex Novakovic, International Representative Jack Wright and Assistant International Representatives Roger Cain and David Fancher. Read the agreement. Posted September 3, 2008
