Quick links+
The lifetime maximum benefit under the Railroad Employees National Early Retirement Major Medical Benefit Plan (GA-46000) will increase by $4,700 effective January 1, 2018 – from $157,800 to $162,500 – due to an automatic annual adjustment based on medical cost inflation. Click here to read the confirmation release from United Healthcare.
Read moreResults are in. UTU, BLE&T, BRS and ATDA have ratified the Tentative Agreement. Click here for UTU Press Release. Click here for BLE&T Press Release. Click here for BRS Press Release. Click here for ATDA Press Release. TCU and our coalition partners will be meeting with the industry. Every effort will be made
Read moreTCU President Scardelletti updated TCU’s Local Chairpersons and Local Lodge Officers on the current status of national negotiations. Click Here to read the letter from President Scardelletti. To read the CBG issued Press Release Click Here. TCU and our coalition partners, IAM, TWU and IBEW are working hard to reach an agreement so that after
Read moreAmtrak has confirmed a record year, covering almost all of its operating costs (94.7%) from ticket sales and revenues in fiscal year 2017. Amtrak also carried a record 31.7 million passengers, up 1.5% from the year before. Importantly, ridership was up on all three parts of Amtrak’s network: the Northeast Corridor, State-supported routes, and long-distance
Read moreOn October 5, the Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG) announced they had reached a Tentative National Agreement (TA) with the nations’ freight railroads. On October 7, that information was posted on this website and circulated via Flash News. The TA is now being circulated to the members of the six CBG unions approximately 85,000 rail workers.
Read more