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  • Local News October 31, 2007

    Many TCU Members Receive Amtrak President’s Awards

    Joe Sullivan and Don Johnson were among the honorees.  Both are members of Lodge 2503. October 29, 2007—A number of TCU members are winners of 2007 President’s Service and Safety Awards at Amtrak.  Presentation was made at an awards luncheon held today in Washington, DC.  As Amtrak’s President and Chief Executive Officer Alex Kummant himself wrote in

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  • Local News June 20, 2007

    TCU Director Appointed to Committee to Evaluate Job Training Programs

    June 19, 2007—TCU’s Dennis O’Malley has been appointed to the Department of Labor’s new 16-member Advisory Committee on Job Corps.  O’Malley is director of TCU’s Manpower Training Department which administers the Job Corps Advanced Transportation program at eight facilities nationwide.  (Overseeing the work of the TCU department is International Vice President David Steele.) In her announcement, DoL

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  • Local News June 18, 2007

    WRSA System Board 555

    WRSA System Board 555 held its semi-annual convention in El Paso April 30-May 2, 2007.  In elections held May 2, Brian O’Reilly (District 5517) was voted General Chairman and Carla Henderson-Bradley (District 5504) as General Secretary/Vice General Chairperson. Chosen to serve on the Board of Trustees are Chairman Allen Brunson (District 5513) and Members Lloyd Gibson (District

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  • Local News June 7, 2007

    Lois Epps-Medley Wins 2007 Union Plus Scholarship

    Lodge 1351 member Lois Epps-Medley of Chesapeake, Virginia, is one of the winners of a Union Plus scholarship this year.  She has been a TCU member for more than 26 years, spending 18 of them as a tower operator with Amtrak.  Though no longer employed there, she has maintained her membership.  And she is back

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  • Local News June 6, 2007

    District 1908 — News about events and members at Disney World

    Settlement Reached at Disney World June 6, 2007 —Members of the Service Trades Council at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, finalized a three-year contract Wednesday, June 6, 2007.  The contract includes pay hikes of 4-5 percent annually and improves pensions.  It runs through October 2, 2010.  The Council includes TCU members of District 1908, as well

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