Job Insurance for TCU Members
With LECMPA job insurance, TCU members protect themselves from wage loss due to discipline.
National Negotiations Update
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
National Negotiations Update
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
National Negotiations Update
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.
2018 TCU/IAM Dues Rate
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
Senate Committee votes to move Westmoreland
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
Official Announcement of TCU/IAM’s 35th Regular Convention
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
Senate confirms Trump’s NMB picks
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
Litigation Update – California and Massachusetts Paid Sick Leave
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
AFL-CIO Convention Resolutions – Wrap Up
The 2017 AFL-CIO Convention wrapped up yesterday, and with it the adoption of a number of resolutions meant to guide the organization – and the labor movement – as it continues to fight for working families. Click HERE to see all the resolutions passed. Some of the highlights: Resolution #1 – A Worker’s Bill of
Railroad Retirement Benefits to Increase in 2018
Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, are scheduled to increase in January 2018 on the basis of the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the third quarter of 2016 to the corresponding period of the current year. Cost-of-living increases are calculated in both the tier I and tier II benefits included