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  • News May 2, 2006

    Bush Administration Continues Attack on American Workers

    The Bush Administration Continues Its Attack on American Workers The Highway Bill in the Senate has passed a recommendation put forth by the Banking Committee to weaken 13 (c) protections for workers. Section 13 (c) has existed for more than four decades and is designed to ensure that federal funds provided for transit assistance are

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  • News May 2, 2006

    Congress Tells NMB to Go Slow on Proposed Rule Changes

    Congress Tells NMB to Go Slow on Proposed Rule Changes 12-1-04- As a result of the efforts of TCU together with the rest of rail labor, Congress inserted language in the Appropriations Omnibus Bill expressing concern over the National Mediation Board’s (NMB) proposal to implement fees for arbitration services. These fees if implemented would cost

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  • News May 2, 2006

    President Proposes $900 Million for Amtrak

    President Proposes $900 Million for Amtrak In what could be seen as a turnaround from last year, President Bush proposed $900 million for Amtrak in Fiscal Year 2007. The new Fiscal Year starts on October 1. For Fiscal Year 2006 Bush proposed $0 for Amtrak funding. And it must be remembered that President Bush proposed

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  • News May 2, 2006

    TCU Member Information

    TCU Member Information For TCU’s Flash News Service First Name Middle Name and/or Initial Last Name Address City State     Zip Code E-mail Home Phone Work Phone Local/Lodge To Contact us: TCU 3 Research Place Rockville, Maryland  20850 (301) 948-4910 (301) 330-7673 (fax) Email: admin@TCUnion.org

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  • News May 2, 2006

    03/30/04 John Kerry Says it Right— Jobs First

    John Kerry Says It Right—Jobs First March 30, 2004 -Now that Senator John Kerry has secured enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination for President, he has turned his full attention to the campaign against George Bush. The most important aspect of this election will be the economy. On Friday, March 26 Kerry in a

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