In Boston, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority wants to use taxpayer funds to pay for locomotives built in Spain. The MBTA is requesting a waiver of Buy America requirements in the Federal Transit Administration statutes in order to allow locomotives to be produced overseas. The Buy America rules are included in the FTA statute to
November 5, 2008—Union voters played a key role in the historic victory last night of President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden. “TCU members joined millions of others who last night voted for change,” observes International President Bob Scardelletti. “To paraphrase Barack Obama, our votes won for democracy, liberty, opportunity and hope. After eight
From International President Robert A. Scardelletti— Senator Obama has won TCU’s endorsement for President because he demonstrates a strong knowledge of the issues that matter most to TCU members. More importantly, he shows a real commitment to act on our behalf. Senator Obama is committed to rebuilding America’s middle class; he is the person this nation
Without fanfare, President George W. Bush on October 16, 2008 signed into law H.R. 2095, the rail safety and Amtrak funding authorization bill. Though Bush did not support this legislation, it passed in Congress by veto-proof votes. The bill authorizes funding for Amtrak for five years; what Amtrak actually gets will depend on how much is
Click here to read the list of candidates endorsed by TCU in the presidential and state-wide elections to take place November 4, 2008. Posted 9/26/08 This portion of this website is paid for by the Machinists Non-Partisan Polical League (http://www.goiam.org) and is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
Election Week Countdown Click here President Scardelletti Leaves No Doubt About Who Gets His Vote: The Ballot Goes to Obama and Biden As TCU International President, Bob Scardelletti travels a lot, spending a great deal of time away from his home. That’s why he applied for an absentee ballot for the upcoming presidential election. A
September 12, 2008—The National Mediation Board has withdrawn its proposal to “clarify” policy about how union representation is handled in a merger when one party is unionized and the other is not. Unions including TCU and the IAM had protested the plan to change current practices, saying the move by the NMB would make it harder for
In the waning days of the Bush administration, party loyalists have been moving to leave their jurisdictions tightly bound by new anti-union policies. An egregious example of this can be found in changes being proposed at the National Labor Mediation Board, an agency that is critically important to TCU members. In early August, the NMB
House Democrats introduced legislation in early August aimed at blocking a Labor Department rule that could increase workers’ exposure to dangerous chemicals and toxins and make it more difficult for the next administration to enact new safety rules. It was revealed recently that the Bush administration was working on a last-minute change to the regulatory
Can you imagine a CEO agreeing to work without a contract that guarantees pay and benefits? It would never happen. But when companies prevent workers from forming unions, that’s exactly what they’re making employees do: work without any assurance of pay and benefits. If we collect enough signatures and elect friends of working families, next
