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Members covered under the Railroad Employees National Health and Welfare Plan, the Plan, still have an opportunity to enroll in the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for 2014. Members who wished to enroll but failed to do so by the open enrollment deadline have until December 1, 2013 to enroll in the FSA for 2014. This
Read moreThe Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor decisively upheld an OSHA Administrative Law Judge’s decision that the Federal Rail Safety Act (FRSA) protects rail workers from being disciplined when they follow a physician’s treatment plan for off-duty injuries. The case involved a signalman who was assessed a six day suspension for violating PATH’s
Read moreIn a letter to Kenneth Gradia, Chairman of the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC), the Cooperating Railway Labor Organizations (CRLO) Chairman Bob Scardelletti asked for the matter of spousal benefits for same-sex married couples to be immediately addressed. In the letter Scardelletti states, “On behalf of the Cooperating Railway Labor Organizations (“CRLO”), I am writing
Read moreTCU/IAM President Bob Scardelletti defended negotiated health care plans that are under attack by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as Obamacare. At the recent AFL-CIO Convention, President Scardelletti called for the elimination of the ACA’s 40 percent excise tax. “I support President Obama. And we all want health care for all,” said Scardelletti.
Read moreStated in a recent Bloomberg release – Growth in union-represented workers’ wages and salaries and total benefits far outpaced that of nonunion workers over the 12 months ended in June, according to Bloomberg BNA’s analysis of private sector figures released Sept. 11 2013 by the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Average wages and salaries
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