After three years of difficult and contentious bargaining with the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC), TCU Carmen and Clerks together with our coalition partners (IAM, TWU and IBEW) have reached a Tentative National Agreement (TA) subject to membership ratification. The TA follows the terms of the CBG TA, which has now been ratified by an
The lifetime maximum benefit under the Railroad Employees National Early Retirement Major Medical Benefit Plan (GA-46000) will increase by $4,700 effective January 1, 2018 – from $157,800 to $162,500 – due to an automatic annual adjustment based on medical cost inflation. Click here to read the confirmation release from United Healthcare.
Results are in. UTU, BLE&T, BRS and ATDA have ratified the Tentative Agreement. Click here for UTU Press Release. Click here for BLE&T Press Release. Click here for BRS Press Release. Click here for ATDA Press Release. TCU and our coalition partners will be meeting with the industry. Every effort will be made
TCU President Scardelletti updated TCU’s Local Chairpersons and Local Lodge Officers on the current status of national negotiations. Click Here to read the letter from President Scardelletti. To read the CBG issued Press Release Click Here. TCU and our coalition partners, IAM, TWU and IBEW are working hard to reach an agreement so that after
On October 5, the Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG) announced they had reached a Tentative National Agreement (TA) with the nations’ freight railroads. On October 7, that information was posted on this website and circulated via Flash News. The TA is now being circulated to the members of the six CBG unions approximately 85,000 rail workers.
In accordance with the IAM Constitution the monthly per capita tax is increased by using the average of the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) as published by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Canadian Consumer Price Index as published by
Yesterday, the Senate Commerce Committee voted largely along party lines to approve Lynn Westmoreland for a five-year term on the Amtrak Board of Directors. Final approval of Mr. Westmoreland will now head to the full Senate where he’s likely to get confirmed. It’s unclear when the final vote will occur. A few weeks ago, TCU posted
The Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention of the Transportation Communications Union/IAM will be held at the Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, commencing at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, and will continue from day to day until completion of the business of the Convention, including the election of National Officers, and shall conclude not
On Wednesday night, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm President Trump’s package of three nominees to the National Mediation Board (NMB). With these confirmations, the Board is now officially in Republican control and their decisions will be decidedly pro-management for the near future. The NMB is the agency charged with settling labor disputes in
Several states and local governments have adopted paid sick leave laws throughout the U.S. These laws allow people who predominantly work for employers within their jurisdictions to accrue and use paid sick time for various health concerns for both themselves and their family. Two (2) of these laws are the California Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families
