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  • Member Benefits , TCU September 25, 2020

    Union Plus Programs for TCU Members

    Since 1986, the Transportation Communications Union/IAM has endorsed the union member only programs sponsored by Union Plus. Over the years, Union Plus has expanded their programs from their beginnings with the TCU/IAM MasterCard program to now a wide range of money savings programs, all for union members only. TCU fully supports the programs available active

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  • Carmen Division , TCU September 20, 2020

    FRA Allows BNSF to Split Extended Haul Trains without Further Testing

    This is a follow up to a previous article concerning the BNSF Railway’s (BNSF’s) recent petition for waiver from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 215, Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards, relating to the combining of two existing trains, and any

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  • Carmen Division , TCU September 13, 2020

    Litigation Update – Court Vacates FRA Approval of Mexican Engineer Use

    On August 28, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA’s) approval of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company’s (KCSR’s) plan to use Mexican engineers to operate trains within the U.S. As background, KCSR recently developed a revised engineer certification program for engineers working for

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  • Carmen Division , TCU September 12, 2020

    CSX Petitions FRA to Post Monthly Listings of Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities on Web Portal

    CSX has recently petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for waiver from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part 225, Railroad Accidents/Incidents: Reports Classification, and Investigations. Specifically, CSX requests a waiver from 49 CFR 225.25(h), which requires, in part, that monthly listings of employee reportable injuries, occupational illnesses, and

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  • Local News , TCU September 11, 2020

    September 11 – TCU Will Never Forget

    TCU Honors and Remembers the members that perished in the attacks on September 11, 2001.   James W. Barbella Edward Calderon Rocco Medaglia Eugene Raggio Edward T. Strauss     These members and their families will never be forgotten.

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