Category Archives: Contracts & Union Resources

TCU Members Ratify Agreement with Providence and Worcester Railroad

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 &

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President Scardelletti Authorizes Strike on Long Island Railroad if Agreement is not Made by July 20th

Since early 2010, TCU has been trying to negotiate an agreement with the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) without success. Over the last four years, LIRR remained steadfast in its insistence that all of its unions, including the TCU, accede to unusually harsh and unrealistic contract demands, including three years of “net zero” wage increases. After

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TCU/IAM Clerks, Carmen, and Supervisors have Invoked Mediation on New Jersey Transit

In letters to the National Mediation Board (NMB) three crafts on TCU have invoked mediation to settle the ongoing labor dispute with NewJersey Transit. This invocation constitutes further efforts on the part of TCU to settle an existing dispute between New Jersey Transit and the three crafts of TCU/IAM, which are unable to settle disputes

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Long Island Rail Road Union Coalition and TWU Local 100 Present Their Case To New York Elected Officials and Media As July Strike Looms

TCU/IAM National Vice-President and Assistant to the President Joel Parker addresses the press. TCU-IAM and its Long Island Rail Road coalition partners — SMART, IAM, and NCFO-SEIU – held a historic solidarity political and press briefing with TWU Local 100 at the latter’s New York City headquarters on Friday, March 21. Leaders from TCU-IAM, SMART

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TCU AND OTHER UNIONS PREPARE FOR STRIKE ON LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD

Faced with the Long Island Rail Road’s total rejection of Presidential Emergency Board 244’s recommendations, TCU and the other involved unions are actively preparing for a strike, which could come as early as March 21. TCU is in a coalition with SMART-Transportation (UTU) and Mechanical (Sheet Metal Workers), and the National Conference of Firemen and

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