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  • News May 3, 2006

    Letter Of Support From IUF Caribbean Region

    Dear Mr. Adams, We have been informed by the IUF of the anti-union campaign launched by Reynolds American in response to worker support for union representation and union efforts to gain recognition at RAI facilities in and near Winston-Salem, North Carolina. We are shocked and deeply disturbed by the overtly anti-union message and the veiled

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  • News May 3, 2006

    Global Food And Tobacco Workers File Complaint Against BAT for Reynolds? Threat to Move Production

    A Union For Everyone May 4, 2006 – Read official letter of complaint to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for Reynolds’ violation of global standards for multi-national corporations. The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries,

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  • News May 2, 2006

    TCU Members Are Urged To Vote

    TCU Members Are Urged To Vote In a series of letters sent to most of TCU’s members our members have been urged to be sure that they and their families are registered to vote. The facts facing all American workers were set forth in the letters. All TCU members should be sure to take part

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  • News May 2, 2006

    Senator Nickels

        January 25, 2001   TO:      ALL GENERAL CHAIRMEN              LOCAL AND DISTRICT CHAIRPERSONS              ALL GRASSROOTS COMMITTEE MEMBERS   Dear Sisters and Brothers:             On December 10, 2000, a letter from a TCU member appeared in the Tulsa World newspaper, concerning Oklahoma Senator Don Nickles’ efforts to kill our Railroad Retirement bill.  The

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  • News May 2, 2006

    12-7-04

    Tier II Tax Rate to Drop 12-7-04 – It’s now official. Railroad employees and employers will each get a ½% tax cut on their Railroad Retirement Tier II tax rate effective January 1, 2005. The tax cut is triggered by the provision of the Railroad Retirement and Survivors’ Improvement Act of 2001 which ties tax

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