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TCU/IAM Assistant National Legislative Director and MNPL Coordinator William Kelaher accepts MNPL award with IAM Headquarters GVP Richard Michalski, TCU/IAM President Bob Scardelletti, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger and IAM General Secretary Treasurer Robert Roach. Every year the Machinists MNPL Planning Committee recognizes the top districts and local lodges whose members are the largest contributors to
Read moreThe 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
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