Job Insurance for TCU Members
With LECMPA job insurance, TCU members protect themselves from wage loss due to discipline.
Act Now ? Tell Congress No Tax on Health Benefits
Health care reform is needed and who will pay for it is a major concern. Under consideration in Congress is the elimination or capping of the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health coverage. Eliminating this exclusion would remove a major incentive for employers providing coverage and could undermine employee-sponsored coverage in general. Taxing benefits would cause
TCU Members Working Hard to Keep LIRR Jobs
A shirt asking to keep the ticket offices open and TCU members answering questions and handing out flyers at LIRR Cedarhurst Station. New York MTA is planning to close 20 ticket offices on Long Island Railroad. LIRR customer service will be drastically reduced. LIRR will be reducing the workforce at
June 2009
RRB releases benefit rate increase for Railroad Unemployment and Sickness benefits. Click here to read the release.
TCU Voices Heard in the Senate
The Senate has decided not to bring S. 146 to a vote. This is what your swift action has brought about. Thanks to all who wrote their Senators, the Senate felt pressure to stop this vote and keep Railroad oversight where it belongs with the STB. Posted June 2, 2009
Puchala Confirmed by the Senate
Linda A. Puchala has been confirmed by the Senate as a member of the National Mediation Board. She was the Sr. Mediator at the National Mediation Board. Puchala joined the National Mediation Board in May 1999, as a Mediator, working on both airline and railroad cases. She directs the Board’s training programs, develops and maintains
Employee Free Choice Act–Still needs support
It’s time for Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. It’s time the economy worked for everyone. In a study released this week, Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, documents this in detail — including the increase in corporate tactics to interfere with, block and delay workers’ attempts
New Federal Law–Railroad National H&W Plan to Collect Dependant SSN’s
The Railroad Employees National Health and Welfare Plan Announces Effort to Collect Dependent Social Security Numbers To Comply With New Federal Law The Medicare Secondary Payer statute and regulations contain a series of rules for determining whether Medicare is the primary payer for a person who has both Medicare and other health coverage. In order
Local 829 holds meeting on April 28, 2009
In order to accomodate the large amount of Lodge 829 members working for different carriers spread out across the region, seperate meetings have been held and/or scheduled to meet and address the needs of our members. One of Lodge 829’s largest member concentrations exists at Metra Commuter Railroad in Chicago, IL. A meeting was held
RRB Releases Q&A on the Extended Unemployment Benefits Provided Through the Recovery Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Signed into law by President Barack Obama, includes provisions that affect railroad retirement annuitants and railroad workers. Click here to read the release from the RRB.
National Railroad H&W Plans Win 2009 Apex Award
From left: Mike Matteo, UnitedHealthcare National Accounts CEO; Nick Stewart, Administrator, CRLO Health & Welfare Committee; Dan Elliott, UTU Associate General Counsel; David Marcus, NRLC Director Employee Benefits UnitedHealthcare Honors The National Railroad Plans for Their Fully Integrated Custom Care Coordination and Behavioral Services Programs UnitedHealthcare has announced that the National Railroad Plans have received a