“This is Leadership” Washington, D.C., January 11, 2010 – The Executive Council of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has voted unanimously to oppose any health care reform legislation that is funded by taxing the value of workers’ existing health care benefits. For decades, IAM members exchanged substantial wage increases for the
Read moreAfter a long, hard fight, we’re down to our final opportunities to make sure that the health care reform passed this year works for TCU members and working families all over the country. Call your representative Wednesday, Jan. 13, as part of a national call-in day on health care reform. Urge your friends to call
Read moreOn Tuesday, December 15th the House Committee on Appropriations released a summary of the Jobs for Main Street Act that has been approved by the House and will be voted on in the Senate after the holiday break. The Act if passed will provide funding for Amtrak and for rail repairs. The funding will be:
Read moreOn December 8, 2009 the appropriations committees reached a final agreement on the 2010 Transportation-HUD appropriations bill, which includes funding for high speed rail and Amtrak. The measure will be included in omnibus package of six appropriations bills and a vote on the House floor may come soon. The transportation appropriation provides $2.5 billion
Read moreTCU joins Senator Sanders (I-VT), AFL-CIO and workers saying that taxing workers’ health benefits is just plain wrong. “We commend Senator Sanders for standing with America’s working families and introducing an amendment to strike this provision from the Senate health reform legislation,” said AFL-CIO Executive Vice-President Arlene Holt Baker. TCU will constantly maintain that workers
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