Job Insurance for TCU Members
With LECMPA job insurance, TCU members protect themselves from wage loss due to discipline.
Buffenbarger Tells Congress Do Not Tax Our Health Benefits
IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger sent a letter to Congress stating that IAM will oppose any health care legislation that taxes workers’ benefits in any way. “Eliminating or capping the tax exclusion would undermine employer-sponsored coverage by removing a key incentive that employers have for providing coverage,” said Buffenbarger in his letter. “The American people
President Obama Announces Another Key Administration Post
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Jeffery R. Moreland to the Amtrak Board of Directors. Moreland was most recently executive vice president for Public Affairs at BNSF Railway Company. Click here to view the White House press release.
TCU Remains Opposed to Health Care Excise Tax
Despite the so-called agreement announced recently by various labor organizations, TCU remains in opposition to any health care reform legislation that is funded by taxing the value of workers’ existing health care benefits. “The benefits that our members currently have are hard fought and have endured through collective bargaining and negotiations. Many times pay and
TCU Joins IAM in Opposing Health Benefits Tax
“This is Leadership” Washington, D.C., January 11, 2010 – The Executive Council of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has voted unanimously to oppose any health care reform legislation that is funded by taxing the value of workers’ existing health care benefits. For decades, IAM members exchanged substantial wage increases for the
The Time is Now – Call Your Representative January 13th for Health Care Reform That Works for TCU Members
After a long, hard fight, we’re down to our final opportunities to make sure that the health care reform passed this year works for TCU members and working families all over the country. Call your representative Wednesday, Jan. 13, as part of a national call-in day on health care reform. Urge your friends to call
RRB Releases Q&A on the 2010 Customer Service Plan Update
The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the principles and objectives of customer-driven quality service agency-wide. The RRB’s plan lays out the standards and expresses the time frames in terms of when the agency is required to make its decision to pay or deny an application for benefits. Click here to view the
2009 Cost of Wages and Fringe Benefits for Clerks and Carmen
Cost of Wages & Fringe Benefits as of July 2008: Clerks Carmen Cost of Wages & Fringe Benefits as of July 2009: Clerks Carmen
Jobs for Main Street Act of 2010 Contains Funding for Amtrak, Transit and Freight Rail
On Tuesday, December 15th the House Committee on Appropriations released a summary of the Jobs for Main Street Act that has been approved by the House and will be voted on in the Senate after the holiday break. The Act if passed will provide funding for Amtrak and for rail repairs. The funding will be:
2010 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill Includes Funding for High Speed Rail and Amtrak
On December 8, 2009 the appropriations committees reached a final agreement on the 2010 Transportation-HUD appropriations bill, which includes funding for high speed rail and Amtrak. The measure will be included in omnibus package of six appropriations bills and a vote on the House floor may come soon. The transportation appropriation provides $2.5 billion
Senator Sanders Introduces Amendment to Remove the Health Care Tax from the Senate Bill
TCU joins Senator Sanders (I-VT), AFL-CIO and workers saying that taxing workers’ health benefits is just plain wrong. “We commend Senator Sanders for standing with America’s working families and introducing an amendment to strike this provision from the Senate health reform legislation,” said AFL-CIO Executive Vice-President Arlene Holt Baker. TCU will constantly maintain that workers