Seventeen newly elected TCU local and district chairmen were the first training class to meet at the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center. This class had the added benefit of being a joint class with IAM Railroad Local Chairmen. The TCU representatives included carmen, clerks and yardmasters from all around the country. Instructors
Read moreInternational Vice President Joel Parker was first elected an International Vice President at the 1991 San Francisco Convention and was re-elected by acclamation at the 1995 and 1999 Conventions. Joel hired on with Amtrak at Oakland, California, in 1973, joining Lodge 1909. Serving as District Chairman during 1978-80, he was voted General Secretary-Treasurer of the
Read moreInternational Vice President Carl Brockett was first elected an International Vice President at the 1991 San Francisco Convention and was returned to office by acclamation in 1995 and 1999. He started out as a truck driver with REA Express in 1964 and later shifted to the L&N in Nashville, Tennessee, joining Lodge 228. After serving
Read moreInternational Vice President Jim Quilty began his first term as an International Vice President on January 1, 2000, after serving as a Member of the Board of Trustees since early 1998. Jim began working for the Union Pacific in 1967 in Kansas City, Kansas, where he joined Lodge 1489. Starting out as a member of
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