Category Archives: Contracts & Union Resources

AMTRAK Agreement Update – Ratification Packages are in the Mail

Amtrak Ratification Packages at the Post Office to be mailed.   On February 1, 2018 – a comprehensive ratification package was mailed to all TCU Carmen, Clerical, Supervisor, and On-Board Service Worker members under the Amtrak Agreement. Ballots were mailed to the addresses of record. Members not receiving a ballot for any reason may request

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AMTRAK AGREEMENT UPDATE

As previously reported — after three long and contentious years of negotiations, TCU Carmen, Clerks, On-Board Service Workers and Supervisors have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with Amtrak, together with our coalition partners, IAM, IBB, IBEW, SMART Mechanical, NCFO, TWU and UNITE-HERE. Subsequently, SMART-Transportation (formerly UTU) has also initialed a similar agreement. The TA now

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Final CBG Union Ratifies National Agreement

Members of the National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, SEIU (NCFO) have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the National Carrier’s Conference Committee (NCCC), the bargaining agent for the nation’s major railroads. The Agreement was reached as a result of the NCFO’s participation with five other unions in the Coordinated Bargaining Group CBG. Click

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NRLC – FREIGHT RAILROADS REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FOUR MORE UNIONS

In a release from the National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC): The nation’s major freight railroads have reached tentative agreements with the Brotherhood Railway Carmen (BRC), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), and the Transportation Communications Union (TCU). The new agreements cover more than 31,000 employees

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