In a recent release from the Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO (TTD), of which TCU is a member: The past three years have shined a spotlight on two vastly different Americas. In one, the richest among us continue to amass wealth and influence, seemingly unaffected by economic and political crises. In the other, working-class people struggle
Read moreTCU and the IAM joined a group of labor unions and federal lawmakers rallying for additional relief funds to support the nation’s transit workers. TCU and IAM signed onto a letter urging House and Senate leaders to consider an additional $32 billion of relief for transit agencies in the next CARES Act bill. “It has
Read moreLeaders of TCU wrote to Congress this week to push for urgent action on increased funding for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). Approximately 3,600 TCU members work at the MTA and its commuter railroads, the Long Island Railroad (LIRR), Metro North Railroad (MNR) and Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRTOA). “Our members are braving the pandemic
Read moreIn a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia the Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO (TTD) of which TCU is a member, is demanding immediate protection measures be put in place for frontline transportation workers. The letter includes: Dear Secretaries Chao and Scalia: It has now
Read moreTCU Members are working at the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. Stories of public transit workers contracting COVID-19 and tragically dying are already emerging nationwide. Workers can’t afford to wait: we must act now to protect them & the safety of the traveling public. In a letter to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) the
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