TCU Carmen, Clerks and Supervisors have ratified first ever contracts with Keolis Commuter Services, the new commuter operator serving the Boston region. All three crafts ratified identical two year deals, providing for a 3% raise on the first day of operations – July 1, 2014, and a 2-1/2% wage increase on July 1, 2015. All
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 &
Click image above to watch the video. Thousands of Disney union workers, many from TCU, rallied and marched together as contract negotiations with the company continue. Workers are bargaining over a new compensation package that includes more money and better benefits. Those participating in the march were members from TCU and UNITE HERE. Click here to watch
May 20, 2014 — Presidential Emergency Board No. 245 ruled today that “that the Unions’ final offer is the most reasonable” in the four year old bargaining dispute between TCU and its allied unions and the Long Island Rail Road.? The PEB Report sets in motion a final sixty day cooling off period. If
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
President Barack Obama created Presidential Emergency Board 245 in an effort to resolve an impasse over contract negotiations between the Long Island Rail Road Co. (LIRR) and a coalition of unions. The coalition consists of TCU, SMART (UTU and SMWIA) and the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers/SEIU. The second PEB put in place averts
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
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
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
A Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) issued its recommendations on December 21 to settle the 3-1/2 year old dispute between eight unions, including TCU, and the Long Island Rail Road. The Board, known as PEB 244, recommended a wage settlement totaling 18.4% over six years, or 2.9% a year. The Board’s wage recommendations are retroactive to
