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  • Contracts & Union Resources , TCU January 23, 2018

    National Agreement Ratified

    By an overwhelming vote TCU Carmen and Clerks have ratified the National Agreement. Carmen voting 78.85% in favor. Clerks voting 93.92% in favor. “ A solid vote of confidence by the membership in this overwhelming vote to approve the Agreement. The Carriers will now begin implementing the wage increases and processing the back pay.” Said

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  • Contracts & Union Resources , TCU January 23, 2018

    AMTRAK AGREEMENT UPDATE

    As previously reported — after three long and contentious years of negotiations, TCU Carmen, Clerks, On-Board Service Workers and Supervisors have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with Amtrak, together with our coalition partners, IAM, IBB, IBEW, SMART Mechanical, NCFO, TWU and UNITE-HERE. Subsequently, SMART-Transportation (formerly UTU) has also initialed a similar agreement. The TA now

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  • Legislative Outlook , TCU January 23, 2018

    CNN op-ed: Amtrak funding tops list of infrastructure needs

    As America awaits a long-overdue infrastructure plan from President Trump, one opinion writer highlighted a few of America’s greatest infrastructure needs on CNN. Kate Ascher, a principal at BuroHappold Engineering, listed a number of items on which our country should focus, but first on her list was providing adequate funding for Amtrak’s interstate and long-distance rail. 

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  • Contracts & Union Resources , TCU January 18, 2018

    NATIONAL AGREEMENT UPDATE

    For the National Agreement covering freight railroads (not Amtrak), there is still time to vote. Any member who has not received a ballot for any reason, can obtain one via TCUTA@tcunion.org. A ballot will be emailed directly back to you. Since time is getting short, members may email their ballots to TCUTA@tcunion.org. Thousands of dollars

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  • Legislative Outlook , TCU January 18, 2018

    Rail Labor Welcomes Senator Doug Jones

    On Wednesday, labor unions joined together to host a reception in honor of newly-elected Senator Doug Jones of Alabama. Sen. Jones won a hotly contested special election in December over controversial candidate Roy Moore. He now takes over the seat once held by current Attorney General Jeff Sessions.  Rail labor – including TCU – invested

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