TCU’s negotiated medical plans for early retirees contain provisions for automatic adjustments in the lifetime insurance maximum based on medical cost inflation. Effective January 1, 2008, the lifetime maximum will increase by $6,500. Read more.
Railroad retirement annuitants subject to earnings restrictions can earn more in 2008 without having their benefits reduced, as a result of increases in earnings limits indexed to average national wage increases. Read more.
Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, are scheduled to increase in January 2008 on the basis of the rise in the Consumer Price Index during the 12 months preceding October 2007. Read more.
The standard Medicare Part B monthly premium will be $96.40 in January 2008, an increase of $2.90 from the 2007 premium of $93.50. Read more.
Agreement Reached with Amtrak to Prevent Outsourcing Reservation Sales Office Work December 21, 2006—TCU has reached an agreement with Amtrak that puts a stop to Amtrak’s previously announced plans to hire an outside contractor to perform reservation sales office work. The agreement establishes a longer rate progression, with lower starting rates applying to reservation sales
Joe Sullivan and Don Johnson were among the honorees. Both are members of Lodge 2503. October 29, 2007—A number of TCU members are winners of 2007 President’s Service and Safety Awards at Amtrak. Presentation was made at an awards luncheon held today in Washington, DC. As Amtrak’s President and Chief Executive Officer Alex Kummant himself wrote in
After 35 years as a union leader, J.V. Waller retired at the end of August 2007. Click here to read more about his commitment and career. With Waller’s retirement, a number of changes have occurred in September within the Division. Jack Wright is now the International Representative of Unit 200 while Roger Cain steps up to
October 2007—UnitedHealthcare has introduced a new one-stop information shop at its Railroad Information Depot website. Information and downloadable forms are there for all rail members (except those at Amtrak) regardless of their medical carrier. Information ranges from dependent eligibility, to Medicare and retirement, to important UHC phone numbers and facts about coverage under GA-46000 (rail workers’
October 16, 2007—Members of Lodge 938 employed at the Union Pacific Intermodal Container Transfer Facility in Long Beach, California, have ratified new terms of their contract by substantially more than a two to one margin. In addition to wage increases along the lines of the 2007 national freight rail agreements, updated terms give members an
