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  • Railroad Retirement , TCU February 7, 2019

    All New Railroad Retirement Board Members Sworn In

    President Donald J. Trump has appointed Erhard R. Chorlé to be the Chairman of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Johnathan D. Bragg to be the Labor Member, and Thomas R. Jayne to be the Carrier Member. Their appointments to the three-member Board were confirmed by the Senate on January 2. They will oversee the activities

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  • Local News , TCU February 1, 2019

    TCU Wins Big for Member at Disney

    A TCU/IAM member who was fired from their position at Walt Disney World was returned to service with full backpay. TCU Assistant National Field Representative Staci Bowermeister-Shkoler, recently won a case for a dismissed TCU/IAM member who was working as a bellman at Walt Disney World. The member was terminated due to receiving a guest

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  • Railroad Retirement , TCU January 26, 2019

    RRB Q&A Release – RRB Reports Performance Under Customer Service Plan

    The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the principles and objectives of customer-driven quality service agency-wide. The RRB’s plan lays out the standards and expresses the time frames in terms of when the agency is required to make its decision to pay or deny an application for benefits. The plan states specifically the

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  • Legislative Outlook , TCU January 26, 2019

    TTD Release – This Never Should Have Happened

    In a recent release Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO (TTD), of which TCU is a member, President Larry I. Willis, issues this statement in response to a deal reached between Congress and Trump to re-open the government for three weeks: “While we are pleased 800,000 federal workers and their families will get a temporary reprieve from

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  • Legislative Outlook , TCU January 24, 2019

    Action Needed – Stop the Government Shutdown

    A message from IAM International President Bob Martinez: Sisters and Brothers, The House of Representatives passed a bill to reopen the government and get back to the table and negotiate on border security. Now it’s the Senate’s turn and we are asking you to call your Senator and tell them to support H.R. 268 (Amendment

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