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Union Workers Should Be Proud 11-18-04 – The 2004 Election is history and the next four years will be a challenge for America’s Labor Unions and their members. Over 115 million Americans voted this year. Of this number approximately 27 million of these voters were union members and members of their families. Read more International
Read more<< return to news front February 7, 2003 U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Intelligence and Security (OIS) TRANSPORTATION SECURITY INFORMATION REPORT Subject: Homeland Security Advisory System raised to High (Orange) Number 03-01 Issued: February 7, 2003 Expiration: None National Threat Warning System-Homeland Security Information Update-Potential Al-Qaeda Operational Planning This TS1R
Read moreASWC Agreement is Ratified April 14, 2004 – General Chairman Mike Davis has advised that the new ASWC wage and rules agreement has been ratified by members voting 585 in favor to 388 against. The total vote tally includes all Amtrak on board ASWC craft employees represented by TCU, TWU and HERE. The vote count
Read moreMarch 21, 2001 Our Railroad Retirement Improvements Are Back on the Agenda in Congress. This Time We Can Win With H.R. 1140! But winning will take everything we’ve got. The Railroad Retirement and Survivors’ Improvement Act of 2001 has been introduced in Congress as H.R. 1140. It is identical to last year’s bill agreed to
Read moreH.R. 1140 URGENT REQUEST FOR COSPONSORS Listed below are the Congressional Representatives that we need to put pressure on in order to get them to cosponsor H.R. 1140, The Railroad Retirement and Survivor’s Improvement Act of 2001. We have visited their Washington, DC offices and have been unable to get them to cosponsor H.R. 1140.
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