In a letter sent to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Transportation Trades Department (TTD), of which TCU is a member, TTD President Ed Wytkind requests that they vote no on the resolution proposed by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan establishing the budget for Fiscal Year 2013 (H. Con. Res.112). In the letter Wytkind
In a recent vote in the U.S. Senate they extended transportation funding for 90 days. The extension came at the last moment to ensure that funding for transportation projects would remain while the House and senate struggle toagree on a full transportation bill. The extension came two days before a deadline that could have shutdown
In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, TCU President Bob Scardelletti asks that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding formula levels be restored in the Surface Transportation Bill. The new formula will drastically reduce the funding for the Alaska Railroad. The bill as currently written would cut 83% of the funding for this
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
