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  • TCU April 27, 2012

    May 11th Deadline for IAM Newsletter and Website Contest Approaching

    Friday, May 11, 2012, is the deadline to enter the 2012 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest. The contest is open to ALL TCU/IAM Locals who regularly distribute official newsletters and/or maintain regularly updated websites. A panel of independent judges will consider newsletters published between April 2011 and April 2012 and websites operating online during the

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  • TCU April 6, 2012

    NARP Releases Hotline issues for March 2012

    The National Association of Railroad Passengers released the main issues currently affecting railroad passengers. The issues include: President Obama signed into law a three-month extension of the surface transportation authorization, avoiding a lapse of the gasoline-tax that would cripple highway and transit infrastructure projects. The House voted 228-191 for a budget resolution. The Massachusetts Bay

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  • TCU March 23, 2012

    TCU Files EEOC Discrimination Charges Against BNSF Sick Policy

    TCU has filed charges of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), challenging Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad’s new policy on reporting medical events or conditions. The sweeping new policy requires employees to file reports even if there is no reasonable basis for believing the condition or event has any impact on the

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  • TCU March 16, 2012

    TCU Sends Letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood in Support of METRA’s Fox River Bridge Grant Application

    In a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, TCU President Bob Scardelletti extends TCU’s support to the Fox River Bridge Grant application submitted by METRA. In the letter Scardelletti states:
 On Behalf of theTransportation Communications Union/IAM (TCU) I write in support of METRA’s MD-W Fox River Bridge grant application…If Awarded the bridge improvement

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  • TCU March 9, 2012

    TCU Job Corp Graduate Highlighted in March DOL Newsletter

    Juan Castellano attended and graduated from the advanced transportation program run by TCU/IAM in Washington DC. Castellano then held a series of aviation jobs, working his way up from customer service agent to his current position as airport supervisor for the merged United and Continental Airlines, and now United Airlines in San Jose, Calif. Click

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