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AMTRAK FUNDING UPDATE March 21, 2003 This afternoon during the Senate debate on the FY 2004 budget resolution Senators Byrd and Lautenberg offered Senate Amendment #387 to S. Con. Res. 23, which increased funding for Amtrak from $900 million to $1.8 billion. The amendment passed 51-49. The Senate continues to debate the overall bill. Under
Read morePresident Scardelletti sent the following letter to the Local and District Chairmen in the five Action Cities. January 21, 2004 I am writing you about a significant struggle being waged for the labor movement that needs our support. Approximately 70,000 Southern California supermarket workers, members of the UFCW, have been on strike walking the picket
Read moreBush Budget Gives No Money to Amtrak for Operations President George Bush, in his fiscal year 2006 budget, has proposed that Amtrak receive no money for intercity passenger trains. This budget, if adopted, would require Amtrak to file for bankruptcy. The Administration Budget under the heading of Reforming Intercity Passenger Rail Service states, “The 2006
Read moreTCU and Rail Labor File Protest Of National Mediation Board’s Proposed Rule Changes 9-21-04 – Under date of September 20, TCU and all the other AFL-CIO rail labor unions filed a statement in opposition to the National Mediation Board’s (NMB) proposed rule changes for handling cases at the National Railroad Adjustment Board. The United Transportation
Read moreAMTRAK FUNDING SET AT $1.2 BILLION November 13, 2003 On Wednesday, November 12 a Congressional Conference Committee, which included House Appropriations Committee Chairman Bill Young (R-FL) and ranking Democrat David Obey (WI) as well as Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK) and ranking Democrat Robert Byrd (WV), agreed to fund Amtrak at $1.2 billion
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