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In November of 2014, voters approved the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law (“ESTL”) which requires private employers with 11 or more employees to provide paid sick leave to employees who work in Massachusetts. In June of 2015, TCU/IAM National President Scardelletti sent letters to all carriers impacted by the law inquiring how the carriers would
Read moreWilmington, DE – Vice President Biden joined with Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Amtrak officials in announcing a new $2.45 billion loan to purchase up to 28 brand new state-of-the-art locomotives, upgrade track and improve stations throughout the Northeast Corridor. In addition, the new trainsets will be built at the Alstom manufacturing
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is investing $28 million toward research and development projects to advance cleaner power generation from fossil fuels. The agency announced in a Aug. 24 news release that it had chosen 14 projects that will advance energy systems to enable cost-competitive power generation with nearly no emissions. The $28 million
Read moreThe upcoming presidential election presents one of the starkest choices for union workers in our lifetimes. Hillary Clinton has proudly stood with union workers throughout her career. Donald Trump says he’s pro-worker – but everything in his public life suggests the opposite. It is no accident that every major labor union in America, including TCU/IAM,
Read moreTCU/IAM regrets to report the death of Lawrence “Larry” J. Jones, a lifetime Amtrak railroader and a pillar of strong union representation and leadership. Jones passed away on August 17, 2016. “Larry was a dedicated and caring union representative, constantly striving to make the lives of the members he represented better,” said TCU/IAM President Bob
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