Quick links+
January 28, 2002 TCU Joins Suit to Stop ARC from Breaking Up Amtrak TCU has joined 10 other AFL-CIO rail unions in filing suit in federal court to block the anti-worker Amtrak Reform Council from sending Congress its final report recommending the break-up of the nation’s passenger rail system. The lawsuit, filed January 22 in
Read moreS. 697 URGENT REQUEST FOR COSPONSORS Listed below are the Senators that we need to put pressure on in order to get them to cosponsor S. 697, The Railroad Retirement and Survivor’s Improvement Act of 2001. We have visited their Washington, DC offices and we have been unable to get them to cosponsor S.
Read more<< return to news front May 7, 2003 HIGH PRIORITY MESSAGE HOMELAND SECURITY ALERT CONDITION YELLOW (ELEVATED) ATTENTION: YOU ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED TO SHARE THIS BULLETIN WITH THE DEPARTMENT CHIEFS OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN YOUR AREA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE REFER TO THE LAST ATTACHED PAGE FOR AN ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION
Read moreNational Contract Arbitration Date Set October 28, 2002…The Arbitration hearing on the national Carmen and Clerical contracts will be held the week of January 20, 2003 in Washington, D.C. TCU had hoped to have the hearing sooner, but the need for the parties to have sufficient time to prepare written briefs and oral presentations combined
Read moreTCU MOBILIZES AGAINST ARC DECISION TO DISMANTLE AMTRAK The Amtrak Reform Council (ARC) voted on Friday, November 9, 2001, to trigger a vote by Congress on whether Amtrak should be liquidated or radically reorganized. The eleven member Council voted by a 6 to 5 margin to notify Congress that Amtrak would not be
Read more