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<< 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 moreTENTATIVE CONTRACT REACHED FOR CLERICAL MEMBERS AT AMTRAK August 5, 2003 After more than three and one-half years of difficult negotiations, TCU clerical negotiators reached a tentative agreement with Amtrak on August 5, 2003. The contract provides for wage increases that are equivalent to those in the TCU National Freight settlement. But employee monthly health
Read moreFRA Orders Reflective Material On Freight Cars and Locomotives 1-7-05 – Under date of January 3, 2005, the Federal Railroad Administration issued a final order which will require reflective material on all freight cars and locomotives. This is an issue that TCU has supported and worked for since the 1980’s. Finally the FRA has acted
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