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  • Legislative Outlook June 23, 2016

    Obama Nominates Tom Kotarac to Chair Railroad Retirement Board

    President Obama announced today the nomination of Thomas Kotarac to serve as Chair of the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). Mr. Kotarac has been recently working as Deputy Director of Policy for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP). Prior to that he served as a Senior Aide to Senator Dick Durbin (IL) for eight years.

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  • Legislative Outlook June 16, 2016

    AFL-CIO endorses Hillary Clinton for President

    Earlier today, Hillary Clinton joined via phone to accept the endorsement from the AFL-CIO Executive Council. In her acceptance she reaffirmed her pledge to fight for working people, raise wages, invest in America, improve retirement security, and to defend the right to collectively bargain.   With the endorsement of the AFL-CIO, Hillary Clinton has the

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  • Legislative Outlook May 31, 2016

    ITC moves forward on U.S. Steel trade complaint

    TCU is pleased that the International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to move ahead with a Sec. 337 trade complaint filed by the U.S. Steel Corporation. The complaint alleges unfair and illegal trade practices by Chinese steel companies whose actions have contributed to the closing and/or shuttering of steel facilities and the loss of thousands

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  • Legislative Outlook May 11, 2016

    TCU Members Lobby Congress

    TCU Leaders Lobby Congress (clockwise from top left: Mitch Canter, Susan Harmon, Larry Jones, Greg Kocialski, Mark Taylor, Ron Kloos, Dennis Proulx, Bill Kelaher, Charles Jackson, Sal Rodriguez, Stephanie Reavis, Maggie Canter, Kevin O’Connell, Vernon Dove, Jeremy Fitzgerald) As part of the Machinists Legislative Conference, TCU leaders and representatives went to the Hill to lobby

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  • Legislative Outlook April 11, 2016

    CP Abandons Takeover Plans of NS

    Following growing opposition from Capitol Hill and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) announced today that they are ceasing efforts to merge with Norfolk Southern (NS), citing “no clear path to a friendly merger at this time.” This is a major win for workers on both carriers, as well as

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