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TCU/IAM National President, Robert Scardelletti, recently advised National and Local Lodge officers of a dues increase, amounting to 17 cents, which will become effective on January 1, 2016. Beginning January 2016 the monthly dues rate will be increased by 17 cents, from $87.50 to $87.67. It is important to note that most employers make payroll
Read moreIn a recent statement, Norfolk Southern said it rejected an unsolicited takeover by Canadian Pacific that would have created a transcontinental rail company. Canadian Pacific offered cash and stock worth $37.8 billion for Norfolk Southern in what would have been the second-largest transportation merger in history. Click here to read the press release from Norfolk
Read moreThe lAM Local Lodge 1848 sent a thank you letter to everyone that supported the members on strike at Hudson Mining and Smelting LTD. TCU members supported our IAM Brothers and Sisters on strike by walking the picket line, bringing food and drinks and with donations to the Lodge. In the letter from IAM Lodge 1848
Read moreThe Transportation Trades Department (TTD – AFL-CIO) of which TCU is a member, explores the connection between a strong middle class and a robust transportation system. Decades of wrong-headed ideology and public policies backed by the corporate lobby and extremists have dramatically altered America’s economic landscape. Advancements made by generations of workers — including fair
Read moreTCU President Bob Scardelletti addresses delegates at the 2015 IAM North American Transportation Conference The 2015 IAM Transportation Conference, the largest ever, kicked-off this week in Hollywood, Florida with 600 delegates, including over 150 delegates from TCU. Delegates charted the course for the next two years of the world’s largest air and rail union and
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