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  • News May 2, 2006

    Senate Appropriations Committee Passes $1.45 Billion for Amtrak

    Senate Appropriations Committee Passes $1.45 Billion for Amtrak The full Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would provide $1.45 billion for Amtrak funding for Fiscal Year 2006. The Committee approved the $1.45 billion which was an increase of $50 million over what the sub-committee had previously approved. This is also $274 million move than

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  • News May 2, 2006

    Amtrak’s Survival is at Stake

    Amtrak’s Survival Is at Stake– Congress Must Hear from You That Full Funding Is Vital FOR Jobs, Communities and the Nation March 4, 2002…Members at Amtrak have been thrown headlong into the most severe financial and  political storm of the company’s 30-year history and they are calling on every one of their TCU  brothers and

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  • News May 2, 2006

    TCU Designated Council

    TCU Designated Counsel You will find here the current list of law firms designated by the Union to help TCU members. To become TCU Designated Counsel, the law firms named here have had to adhere to the following criteria established by TCU. TCU-listed counsel will be listed in alphabetical order and there will be no

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  • News May 2, 2006

    Layoff Helper

    To: All Union Presidents   From: Leslie Tolf, President, Union Privilege   Date: October 2, 2001   Subject: Layoff Helpline for Credit Card and Loan Holders   cc: Union Privilege Liaisons ========================================================================= Because of the tragic attacks of September 11 and worsening economic conditions, business closings and layoffs are impacting thousands of union members with

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  • News May 2, 2006

    Adopt a Family

    TCU Aids Families of Striking Grocery Workers In Southern California At the request of International President Robert Scardelletti, TCU’s Finance Committee has approved a request for TCU to assist in the AFL-CIO’s Adopt-a-Striking-Family program to help the thousands of union brothers and sisters who have been manning the picket lines in the Southern California grocery

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