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At an event held at Washington’s Union Station, the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) congratulated Amtrak on four decades as America’s railroad and expressed optimism for the company’s bright future as a leader in modern passenger trains. NARP Chairman Robert Stewart said, “Amtrak had defied its critics by refusing to die—and by growing into
Read moreThe National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) sent a strong message when it issued a complaint, based on charges filed by the IAM, to force Boeing to bring an airplane production line back to its unionized facilities in Washington State instead of moving the work to a nonunion plant in South Carolina. The message is clear,
Read moreIn a response to the letter TCU President Bob Scardelletti sent (Click here to view the letter), on the re-direction of Florida’s high speed rail funds, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood thanked President Scardelletti for his letter and laid out how the Northeast has now been designated a High Speed Rail Corridor. Secretary LaHood said,
Read moreThe weeklong stopgap spending plan (HR 1363) signed by President Obama on April 9 is designed to give Congress time to assemble and pass a compromise spending bill for the remainder of fiscal 2011. But it also made $2 billion in cuts from fiscal 2010 levels to a number of Transportation programs, including: • $1.5
Read moreOn Thursday April 14, 2011 Walter Breuning of Great Falls Montana passed away at the age of 114. Walter was a Clerk on BNSF and a TCU member since 1919. At the time of his death he held the title of world’s oldest living man by the Guinness Book of World Records. “The stories and
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