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AN INTERVIEW WITH TCU PRESIDENT BOB SCARDELLETTI Recently Published in the IAM Journal Q: Negotiations with the national freight carriers opened on January 1, 2010. What should TCU members expect in this bargaining round? Bob Scardelletti: This promises to be the toughest bargaining round we’ve faced in decades. Wages and health insurance will be the
Read moreRep. James L. Oberstar (Minn.), Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rep. Corrine Brown (Fla.), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, and more than 100 other House Members sent a letter to President Obama urging him to support a dedicated revenue source for planning and development of high-speed rail.
Read moreIt’s a national crisis of mass transit under-funding. On May 4, TCU will join with our brothers and sisters in labor, government, and the environmental movement at Penn Station in New York City. TCU will have 150 or more people participating, come out and join in the rally to stop the under-funding of good green
Read moreIn a letter dated March 22, 2010, TCU President Bob Scardelletti wrote AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka a letter that sets forth a comprehensive strategy to protect and expand existing union jobs in freight rail, Amtrak, and transit and commuter operations. President Scardelletti urges the AFL-CIO to resist any environmentalist efforts to curb coal utilization
Read moreThe Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo recently announced that the FRA will soon begin accepting grant applications for the deployment of positive train control (PTC) collision avoidance systems and complementary advanced technologies under a new $50 million Rail Safety Technology Program. FRA will begin accepting grant applications on April 9, 2010. Eligible applicants include passenger
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