The IAM awards for excellence in Newsletters and Websites have been released. The award categories are Website General Excellence for District and Local, Best Layout and Design for District and Local, Newsletter General Excellence for District and Local, Best Layout and Design for District and Local and Best Feature for District and Local. TCU Local
In a letter to every U.S. House Representative member Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO (TTD), of which TCU is a member, President Ed Wytkind stated, “On behalf of the TTD, I urge you to cosponsor the Invest in American Jobs Act of 2011 (H.R. 3533), introduced by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Nick Rahall. This
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the American Train Dispatchers Association reached tentative agreements with the National Carriers Conference Committee on December 1, 2011, to settle their national contracts. On the same date, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes agreed with the carriers to extend the cooling off period from December 6, 2011 to
The lifetime maximum under the negotiated medical plans for early retirees will increase by $5,300 from $126,200 to $131,500, effective January 1, 2012, due to automatic adjustments based on medical cost inflation. The change affects members enrolled in the Railroad Employees National Early Retirement Major Medical Plan. (UnitedHealthcare Policy GA-46000) Click here to read the
Working people across Ohio—from autoworkers to teachers and firefighters to the jobless sent a decisive and powerful message across the country, that politicians need to put Main Street ahead of Wall Street. It shows that politicians who scapegoat workers and push an extreme partisan agenda need to instead fight to create jobs for working people
On November 1 the U.S. Senate voted to approve a “minibus” bill that combined transportation, housing, and other spending bills. The minibus bill included $1.48 billion for Amtrak and $100million for the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program (HSIPR) in the fiscal year 2012. These funding levels are significantly higher than the House version that passed
Senate leaders questioned the House Republicans’ answer to a transportation infrastructure package, that Senate Democrats unveiled last week as the second piece of President Obama’s jobs-creation package. In a letter sent to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-FL), Senator Boxer (D-CA) questioned the differences in the funding numbers that he proposes. This
Most railroad retirement annuities are scheduled to increase in January 2012 on the basis of the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the third quarter of 2008. Railroad retirement annuitants subject to earnings restrictions can earn more in 2012 without having their benefits reduced, as a result of increases in earnings limits indexed
The following news articles have great relevance to the current situation at Amtrak. This page will continue to be updated with the important articles that effect Amtrak and the TCU members working for Amtrak. Democrats Hope Amtrak Ridership Record Stalls Rail Privatization Efforts – CQ Quarterly October 2011House Committees 2012 Budget Would End Most Amtrak
We are approaching one of the most critical elections for American workers in our nation’s history. Anyone who doubts that should talk to public workers in Wisconsin, Ohio and a host of other states where anti-worker Republicans have captured statehouses and state legislatures. Can you imagine a Wisconsin-type Governor in the White House? With a
