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The American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA) is in the process of trying to organize the Train Dispatchers on the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). TCU/IAM sent a letter to all train dispatchers working on UP, asking them sign an authorization card and vote for ATDA. In the letter TCU/IAM President Bob Scardelletti said, “I urge each
Read moreDues for most TCU members who are working will increase by $2.70 per month, effective April 1, 2013. In cases where dues are normally deducted a month in advance, the April increase will be deducted in March. Article 25, Section 2(c) of the TCU/IAM By-Laws, provides that minimum monthly dues, including assessments, shall be adjusted
Read moreAmtrak is asking Congress for a smaller operating subsidy in fiscal 2014, citing better cost-sharing arrangements with states and smaller losses on unprofitable routes. The passenger rail line said it is requesting $373 million in operating support for the year beginning in October, down from the $443 million Amtrak is receiving in the current fiscal
Read moreThe Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said March 12 that it has ordered the Union Pacific Railroad Co. to reinstate an employee who was fired for reporting a work-related injury and to pay the worker $350,000 in back pay and damages. According to an OSHA statement, the worker charged that Union Pacific fired
Read moreIn 1985, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) implemented a post-accident toxicological testing program to test railroad employees who had been involved in serious train accidents for alcohol and certain controlled substances (marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), and selected opiates, amphetamines, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines). This addition to the final rule adds certain non-controlled substances with potentially impairing
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