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  • News May 2, 2006

    February 7, 2003

    << 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

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  • News May 2, 2006

    ASWC Agreement is Ratified

    ASWC 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

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  • News May 2, 2006

    March 21, 2001

    March 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

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  • News May 2, 2006

    H.R. 1140 URGENT REQUEST FOR COSPONSORS

    H.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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  • News May 2, 2006

    March 17, 2003

    << return to news front March 17, 2003   U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Intelligence and Security (OIS)     TRANSPORTATION SECURITY INFORMATION REPORT Subject; Homeland Security Advisory System – Threat Level Raised from Yellow (Elevated) to Orange (High) Number 03-03 Issued: March 17, 2003 Expiration; None TSJR 03-03 (Elevation in Threat level): ORANGE

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