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January 25, 2001 TO: ALL GENERAL CHAIRMEN LOCAL AND DISTRICT CHAIRPERSONS ALL GRASSROOTS COMMITTEE MEMBERS Dear Sisters and Brothers: On December 10, 2000, a letter from a TCU member appeared in the Tulsa World newspaper, concerning Oklahoma Senator Don Nickles’ efforts to kill our Railroad Retirement bill. The
Read moreTier II Tax Rate to Drop 12-7-04 – It’s now official. Railroad employees and employers will each get a ½% tax cut on their Railroad Retirement Tier II tax rate effective January 1, 2005. The tax cut is triggered by the provision of the Railroad Retirement and Survivors’ Improvement Act of 2001 which ties tax
Read moreWages and Health & Welfare Contributions Changing on July 1 Effective July 1, TCU Clerical and Carmen Division members working for railroads covered by the National Agreement will receive hourly wage increases of 3.25 percent. This is the final scheduled wage increase under the National Agreement, which extends through December 31, 2004. TCU can serve
Read moreSeptember 27, 2001 TO: ALL TCU UNION REPRESENTATIVES Re: Status Report on Members From Ground Zero, New York and Pentagon Dear Sisters and Brothers, It has been exactly two weeks since the despicable acts of terrorism that killed more than 6,000 people at the World Trade Center in New York City and 189
Read moreTCU Enters Into Partnership with Conservation Group Recognizing that thousands of TCU members enjoy the outdoors including hunting and fishing, President Bob Scardelletti has announced that TCU together with several other AFL-CIO unions has entered into a partnership with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP). The TRCP is a non-profit organization that has a national
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