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  • News May 2, 2006

    Amtrak Funding Crisis

    URGENT – AMTRAK FUNDING CRISIS – ACT NOW! September 25, 2002 To: All TCU Members It is urgent that all TCU members contact the House Appropriations Committee immediately. On Thursday, September 26, 2002, the House Appropriations Committee is expected to take up and vote on next year’s fiscal year 2003 funding for Amtrak. Please use

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  • News May 2, 2006

    FRA To Have New Administrator

    FRA To Have New Administrator 1-6-05 – On Tuesday, Jan. 4, President Bush announced that he will designate Robert Jamison acting administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. Mr. Jamison will succeed Betty Monro, who recently retired. At the present time, Jamison is the deputy administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, which is also a part

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  • News May 2, 2006

    Katrina Unions

    Unions Set Up Workers’ Centers for Katrina Evacuees in Gulf States New Toll Free Number Offers Help to Working Families: 877- AFL-CIO9 Victims of Hurricane Katrina can learn about jobs, get instant access to computers, and find basic relief at three new workers’ centers which have been established in Houston, Texas; Mobile, Alabama and Pearl,

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  • News May 2, 2006

    Rail Act

      Click here to e-mail members on the Appropriations Committee listed below. << return to news front   SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS Democrats: Robert C. Byrd, WV (Ranking Mem) Phone: (202) 224-3954 Fax: (202) 228-0002 Dianne Feinstein, CA Phone: (202) 224-3841 Fax: (202) 228-3954 Daniel K. Inouye, HI Phone: (202) 224-3934 Fax: (202) 224-6747 Richard

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  • News May 2, 2006

    TCU Affiliates with Machinists Union

    Greater Power, Stronger Voice: TCU Affiliates with Machinists Union TCU history was made on Wednesday, July 6, when International President Robert A. Scardelletti and International Secretary-Treasurer Howard W. Randolph, Jr., signed an agreement to affiliate the union with one of the strongest labor unions in the U.S., the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

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