In a letter sent to every Senator on November 17, 2009 TCU, and others in rail labor, express deep opposition to any provision that would tax health care programs negotiated and maintained through railroad collective bargaining. The letter firmly states, “We are fundamentally opposed to this proposed tax, which not only puts the benefits currently
Read moreThe House and Senate both passed extensions of unemployment insurance and the homebuyer’s tax credit. The unemployment extension would allow workers in all 50 states to draw 14 weeks of federal unemployment benefits after exhausting their regular 26 weeks of state compensation. It would provide an additional six weeks in states with unemployment rates of
Read moreHealth care reform is the No. 1 priority in Congress right now for the first time in years. Insurance companies are spending millions to derail reform and special interests are trying to pay for changes by raising your costs through a new benefits tax. Call Congress and tell them no taxes on our benefits. Over
Read moreAs we all know there is a huge fight for real health care reform in Congress. In the next several weeks it is anticipated that there will be major votes in Congress. We in the Labor Movement have to take a very active role in this to protect our benefits from unfair taxation, to seek
Read moreTwenty-seven U.S. labor unions, including TCU, announced their opposition to the $829 billion health-care measure passed by the Senate Finance Committee. The full-page newspaper advertisement placed recently in many large circulation newspapers say that lawmakers need to make “substantial” changes to the bill or they will urge their members to seek its defeat on the
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