May 17, 2026 Brothers and Sisters, After negotiations broke down following the expiration of the cooling-off period, the Long Island Rail Road Bargaining Coalition exercised its right under the Railway Labor Act and initiated self-help at 12:01 AM on May 16, 2026. The National Mediation Board has requested a meeting with the Coalition this morning.
May 16, 2026, NEW YORK – Workers on Long Island Rail Road are officially on strike as of 12:01 a.m. following the expiration of the final status quo period under the Railway Labor Act. This is the first strike on LIRR in more than 30 years. After years of negotiations, mediation, and two Presidential Emergency
April 14, 2026 – New leadership is on the labor landscape as Matt Hollis takes the reins as National President of the Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM), a historic rail union that represents 25,000 American workers. Our National President, Matt Hollis, speaks on his journey and his vision for the future of TCU/IAM.
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April 1, 2026, Savannah, GA – This weekend, the National Planning Committee of the Machinist’s Non-Partisan League (MNPL) met to discuss the challenges facing the political action committee (PAC), upcoming political races that will be critical to members, and to award top locals who have been vital to growing the PAC. MNPL is the political
The second Presidential Emergency Board to render a decision in the past five months, like the earlier appointed board of experts, recommends raises for LIRR’s workers and rejects MTA’s call for sweeping changes to contract language. March 23, 2026, NEW YORK – On March 16, Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) 254, the second board assigned to
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2026 – Today, U.S. Sens. Jon Husted (R-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Railway Safety Act in the Senate. This legislation largely resembles previous bipartisan legislation led by then-Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) that passed out
February 20, 2026 – The Transportation Communications Union/IAM (TCU) has reached a tentative agreement with BNSF covering members at the BNSF Cicero, Corwith, Seattle, and Memphis Intermodal facilities. The agreement delivers the wage increases achieved on the National Freights, totaling 17.5% in GWIs over five years (18.8% compounded) with retroactive pay beginning July 1, 2025.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2026 – Senate HELP Committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) held a bipartisan hearing to highlight the success of the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) retirement system and how to overcome the problems years of underfunding by Congress has created for the agency and railroaders. The RRB is unique
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2026 – On the three-year anniversary of the East Palestine train disaster, Transportation Communications Union/IAM National Legislative Director Dave Arouca and National Legislative Representative Connor Vargo joined labor leaders, Members of Congress, and local elected officials to call on Congress to pass the Railway Safety Act and bring much needed safety reforms
