In a joint letter To President Obama from seven unions TCU President Bob Scardelletti, along with the other six presidents asked that, advanced coal technology be expressly included in the energy policy currently being advanced by the White House. Also included in the letter is the concern over the potential job losses under the U.S. EPA’s
In addition to the retirement annuities payable to employees, the Railroad Retirement Act, like the Social Security Act, also provides annuities for the spouses of retired employees. Payment of a spouse annuity is made directly to the wife or husband of the employee. Divorced spouses may also qualify for benefits. Click here to read the Q&A
TCU workers on CSX Intermodal have overwhelmingly ratified a new contract by a resounding 96% margin. The new agreement mirrors the recent national freight agreement’s economic provisions, providing 20.1% in compounded general wage increases over the six year contract period – January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2015. In addition to the general wage increases, the agreement
Wouldn’t it be nice to know there is one-place National Railroad Health and Welfare Plan members can go to find information about most of your benefit needs, regardless of which benefit administrator provides your coverage? Wonder no more, coming mid-March will be the newly redesigned Railroad Information Depot. Click here to view the informational flyer. Click here to
Congenital Heart Disease is the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 40,000 infants born in the United States each year. A congenital heart defect may be discovered before birth, at birth, or after the baby is born and has already left the hospital. The important thing to understand is that the advancement of
House Republicans are abandoning the five-year, $260 billion surface transportation authorization that TCU and many other unions opposed and will try instead to pass a shorter bill that drops the changes that have drawn strong opposition. The shorter House bill could reduce funding below current levels in order to find funding for the bill. The
President Barack Obama recently unveiled a fiscal year 2013 budget. The budget includes $47 billion over six years to develop high-speed passenger-rail corridors and improve intercity passenger-rail service. The proposal also calls for “merging Amtrak’s stand-alone subsidiaries into the high-speed rail program as part of a larger, competitive system preservation initiative,” according to the USDOT’s
The Transportation Communications Union/lAM sent letters to every Senator in opposition of Senate Amendment 1591, Senator Kohl’s “Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2012,” which he intends to offer to S. 1813, the Surface Transportation Bill pending on the floor. The letter states, “Contrary to the claims of a few, it is simply not true that the
President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget request has a clear intent to continue the modernization and expansion of America’s intercity passenger rail network. The Obama Administration is proposing an additional $6 billion for passenger trains immediately as part of a larger jobs-creating initiative that looks to build on recent economic growth through investment in
TCU and IAM are bitterly opposed to the changes in the Railway Labor Act as proposed in the FAA Reauthorization Bill that has passed Congress and is awaiting the signature of the President. These union busting changes are clearly designed to punish the NMB for their decision to make union representation elections fair. In the
