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In a joint letter To President Obama from seven unions TCU President Bob Scardelletti, along with the other six presidents asked that, advanced coal technology be expressly included in the energy policy currently being advanced by the White House. Also included in the letter is the concern over the potential job losses under the U.S. EPA’s
Read moreHouse Republicans are abandoning the five-year, $260 billion surface transportation authorization that TCU and many other unions opposed and will try instead to pass a shorter bill that drops the changes that have drawn strong opposition. The shorter House bill could reduce funding below current levels in order to find funding for the bill. The
Read morePresident Barack Obama recently unveiled a fiscal year 2013 budget. The budget includes $47 billion over six years to develop high-speed passenger-rail corridors and improve intercity passenger-rail service. The proposal also calls for “merging Amtrak’s stand-alone subsidiaries into the high-speed rail program as part of a larger, competitive system preservation initiative,” according to the USDOT’s
Read moreThe Transportation Communications Union/lAM sent letters to every Senator in opposition of Senate Amendment 1591, Senator Kohl’s “Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2012,” which he intends to offer to S. 1813, the Surface Transportation Bill pending on the floor. The letter states, “Contrary to the claims of a few, it is simply not true that the
Read morePresident Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget request has a clear intent to continue the modernization and expansion of America’s intercity passenger rail network. The Obama Administration is proposing an additional $6 billion for passenger trains immediately as part of a larger jobs-creating initiative that looks to build on recent economic growth through investment in
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