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Tentative Agreement for Amtrak Carmen

                                            Summary analysis of the January 18, 2008 tentative agreement Full text of the agreement Seen in the photo at the signing of the tentative agreement are: from left, seated—Bill Bohne (IBEW), Gary Maslanka (TWU), Carmen Div. General Pres. Rich Johnson (TCU) and Robert Roach (IAM); standing—Jim Myer (IBEW), Alex Kummant (Amtrak), U.S. Rep. James L.

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Congressional Support for Union Workers at Amtrak Was Vital to Reaching Agreements

That members of Congress were willing to stand with union workers at Amtrak was vitally important in the days leading up to reaching agreement.  All of the nine involved unions sent their best legislative representatives to Capitol Hill in the days preceding the negotiating sessions that resulted in the events of January 18.  They took the case

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