TCU’s Convention will start on July 29, 2009 (with the Carmen Division Convention taking place the day before, on July 28). Preparations have already begun. Among the projects for the 2009 Convention is our plan to pay tribute to the those among us who are or have been recently in the military—members, their spouses, their children and grandchildren
Tentative agreements were reached Friday, May 23, 2008 for ARASA product line supervisors at Amtrak, as well as for clerks and on board service workers there. Ratification packets are being sent to involved members; ballots must be received at TCU headquarters by June 27 to be counted. Any involved member who has not
Click here to read the agreement signed March 9, 2008.
June 19, 2008—According to the carrier, all medical, dental and rail pass benefits have been terminated for dependents of those union members who did not respond to the numerous requests from insurance company Aetna for dependent information. To check benefits status or get further information, call Aetna at 877-277-3368.
June 13, 2008—Congratulations go to Paul Wright, financial secretary-treasurer of Local 126, who on June 20 will receive a Master of Business Administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management at the DeVry University Kansas City, Missouri campus. “Everyone is ecstatic that I am finally done,” says FST Wright, who specialized in Information Security. “No
Soo Line Carmen soundly ratified updated terms of their agreement June 25, 2008. “This contract produces solid wage increases and income gains and compares favorably to the Carmen National Agreement,” Carmen Division President Rich Johnson told members in their ratification materials. “In addition, this contract contains no work rule concessions.” Click here to read the agreement summary.
A new benefit year under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act begins July 1, 2008. Administered by the Railroad Retirement Board, this Act provides two kinds of benefits for qualified railroaders: unemployment benefits for those who become unemployed but are ready, willing and able to work; and sickness benefits for those who are unable to work
Longtime TCU legislative activist Tom Dwyer is now National President of the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees. Dwyer was elected at NARVRE’s 36th Biennial Convention held in Spokane, Washington May 18-20. NARVRE was founded in 1937 to protect the rights of railroad retirees. Since then the organization has fought to protect the
