The American Association of Railroads (AAR) requested a waiver for UP trains to use the data from wayside detectors as a means to avoid the required air brake inspections and tests that TCU Carmen do. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently sent a denial of that waiver request. TCU Vice-President and Carmen General President Rich
By a margin never seen before TCU members on Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ratified the new contract by a 97% vote in favor. The LIRR members have been without a contract over four years and endured through two Presidential Emergency Boards. The new agreement, that was just ratified, achieves more money for all current
Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), of which TCU is a member, issued a statement in reaction to the Senate’s passage of the Wyden-Hatch and Carper-Corker-Boxer Amendments to HR 5021. Click here to read the full statement from the TTD. Click here to read the TTD statement urging the house to pass
The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is required by law to submit annual financial reports to Congress on the financial condition of the railroad retirement system and the railroad unemployment insurance system. These reports must also include recommendations for any financing changes which may be advisable in order to ensure the solvency of the systems. In
July 17, 2017 TCU and it’s seven coalition partners reached a tentative agreement with the Long Island Rail Road, averting a strike scheduled for Sunday. The agreement achieves more money for all current workers than recommended by Presidential Emergency Boards 244 and 245. The compromises reached on new hire pension contributions and rate progressions are modest, and far
Railroad employees with railroad service prior to October 1981 who retire at age 60 and older with 30 years of service or 65 and older with 25-29 years of service, and have a current railroad connection may be entitled to a Supplemental Annuity in an amount up to $43 per month depending on years of
TCU Carmen, Clerks and Supervisors have ratified first ever contracts with Keolis Commuter Services, the new commuter operator serving the Boston region. All three crafts ratified identical two year deals, providing for a 3% raise on the first day of operations – July 1, 2014, and a 2-1/2% wage increase on July 1, 2015. All
3rd District Congressman Nick Rahall and 1st District Congressman David McKinley of West Virginia have introduced a bill to stop a new rule, proposed by the EPA, that would set caps on carbon emissions from existing coal fired power plants. Rahall and McKinley’s bill (H.R. 4813), which already has 73 cosponsors, would terminate the new
In a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Edward Wytkind President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) of which TCU is a member, urged all members of the House to vote NO on an amendment offered by Representative Denham to the pending FY 15 T-HUD bill (H.R. 4745). This amendment would
TCU Members on Providence and Worcester Railroad overwhelmingly ratified the new agreement by an %84 margin. The new agreement includes: • 24% over 8 years compounded• For the First ever, time and a half on relief days• Members hired after 2000 will get 2 additional sick days a year.• Flex time for clerks• Personal &
