The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) announced the retirement of V.M. Speakman. V. M. Speakman Jr. was appointed Labor Member of the Board by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 upon the recommendation of the Railway Labor Executives’ Association (RLEA). The agency’s longest-serving Labor Member, he was reappointed to additional terms of office by President Clinton
Amtrak, highway and transit programs would take a big hit in the proposed FY 2012 Transportation-HUD spending bill released Wednesday by House appropriators. Overall, the bill would provide $217 million less than current levels and $19.8 billion less than Obama requested. While the Transportation Department would receive a modest increase in discretionary funds, Amtrak, highway
Pictured is Assistant National Representative Randy Bower presenting the TCU Disaster Relief Checks to TCU Members Wallin, Hansen, Holter and Maki. On Wednesday, August 10, 2011, Lodge 6440 Local Chairman Darren Treiber and Assistant National Representative Randy Bower met with members Jeremy Holter, Brent Wallin, Jeff Hansen and Kevin Maki, who lost their homes as
TCU Local Lodge 5093 received two MNPL Awards Of Excellence for 2010. The awards of excellence are presented to TCU/IAM Local Lodges for outstanding Contribution to MNPL. Local 5093 received: Top Percentage of Sponsoring Members in 2010 (giving $25.00 or more per year) Top Local Lodge in Dollars per Member in 2010 TCU National Representative Joe
WE ARE FACING THE MOST SERIOUS THREAT TO AMTRAK’S EXISTENCE IN MANY YEARS! Congressman John Mica, a Florida Republican, has opposed Amtrak’s existence for more than fifteen years. But now, because the Republicans won the House of Representatives in the last election, he has become Chairman of one of the most powerful committees in Congress.
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce recently continued its partisan attack on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by approving a bill to prohibit the NLRB from doing its job of protecting workers and their right to bargain collectively. The so-called “Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act” (HR 2587) prohibits the NLRB from
Twenty senators seek $2.2 billion for Amtrak United States Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) and 19 other senators sent a letter to the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development making a strong funding request for $2.2 billion for Amtrak’s intercity passenger-rail service in the fiscal-year 2012. In the letter the senators requested full funding
TCU President Bob Scardelletti testified before the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) hearing on the current state of competition in the railroad industry. The hearing was held over a two day span on June 22nd and 23rd featured a variety of speakers. President Scardelletti used his allotted time to make sure the STB knew that any
Representative John Mica (R-FL) recently released a six-year surface transportation reauthorization plan totaling between $215 billion and $230 billion, drastically reducing the 2005 bill of $286 billion which, most agree, was then grossly inadequate. The proposed plan would not provide the necessary funding the country needs to maintain good quality public transportation. TCU President Bob
The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is required by law to submit annual reports to Congress on the financial conditions of the railroad retirement system. Click here to view the Q&A released by the RRB. Click here to view the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust page on the TCU website.
