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  • News May 3, 2006

    Global Food And Tobacco Workers File Complaint Against BAT for Reynolds? Threat to Move Production

    A Union For Everyone May 4, 2006 – Read official letter of complaint to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for Reynolds’ violation of global standards for multi-national corporations. The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries,

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  • News May 2, 2006

    S. 697 URGENT REQUEST FOR COSPONSORS

    S. 697 URGENT REQUEST FOR COSPONSORS   Listed below are the Senators that we need to put pressure on in order to get them to cosponsor S. 697, The Railroad Retirement and Survivor’s Improvement Act of 2001.  We have visited their Washington, DC offices and we have been unable to get them to cosponsor S.

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  • News May 2, 2006

    May 7, 2003

    << return to news front May 7, 2003   HIGH PRIORITY MESSAGE HOMELAND SECURITY ALERT CONDITION YELLOW (ELEVATED) ATTENTION: YOU ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED TO SHARE THIS BULLETIN WITH THE DEPARTMENT CHIEFS OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN YOUR AREA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE REFER TO THE LAST ATTACHED PAGE FOR AN ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION

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  • News May 2, 2006

    National Contract Arbitration Date Set

    National Contract Arbitration Date Set October 28, 2002…The Arbitration hearing on the national Carmen and Clerical contracts will be held the week of January 20, 2003 in Washington, D.C. TCU had hoped to have the hearing sooner, but the need for the parties to have sufficient time to prepare written briefs and oral presentations combined

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  • News May 2, 2006

    TCU MOBILIZES AGAINST ARC DECISION TO DISMANTLE AMTRAK

    TCU MOBILIZES AGAINST ARC DECISION TO DISMANTLE AMTRAK         The Amtrak Reform Council (ARC) voted on Friday, November 9, 2001, to trigger a vote by Congress on whether Amtrak should be liquidated or radically reorganized.         The eleven member Council voted by a 6 to 5 margin to notify Congress that Amtrak would not be

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