WRSA System Board 555 held its semi-annual convention in El Paso April 30-May 2, 2007. In elections held May 2, Brian O’Reilly (District 5517) was voted General Chairman and Carla Henderson-Bradley (District 5504) as General Secretary/Vice General Chairperson. Chosen to serve on the Board of Trustees are Chairman Allen Brunson (District 5513) and Members Lloyd Gibson (District
Court Backs Labor on FMLA Leave February 28, 2007—In what TCU legal experts call a “major victory,” the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the position of rail labor that where a collective bargaining agreement grants employees the right to determine when or how they use paid vacations or personal leave, those provisions prevent
April 23, 2007—International President Bob Scardelletti announced today that TCU members at Metro-North Railroad have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new agreement that is “positive and progressive” and “a testament to the unity of the membership and to the labor coalition that persevered through four long years of difficult bargaining.” That coalition of unions, the
Settlement Reached at Disney World June 6, 2007 —Members of the Service Trades Council at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, finalized a three-year contract Wednesday, June 6, 2007. The contract includes pay hikes of 4-5 percent annually and improves pensions. It runs through October 2, 2010. The Council includes TCU members of District 1908, as well
Effective July 1, 2007, LabCorp will no longer be a network provider of laboratory services for Aetna. This applies to all whose health care benefits are administered by Aetna, either under the Railroad Employees National Health and Welfare Plan (Group Policy GA-23000) or AmPlan. Quest Diagnostics, Aetna’s national preferred provider of laboratory services, will continue
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April 2, 2007 — In a letter to rail union leaders, Railroad Retirement Board Labor Member V. M. Speakman calls attention to a situation which sometimes arises in cases involving disability anuity applications under the Railroad Retirement Act. ”An employee cannot file an application for a disability annuity until he or she is no longer on the
The Pension Protection Act of 2006, enacted last August, contains provisions which affect payments made by the Railroad Retirement Board to the divorced spouses of railroad employees. More »
Good news arrived during the 2006 end of year holidays for members of New Jersey Transit M/W Lodge 5045 members: they ratified new terms of their agreement with the carrier during the Christmas week. It took “diligence and perseverance” for the negotiating committee, led by General Chairman Tony Longo, to get to this conclusion, Supervisors
March 2007 —To become a carman and a member of TCU’s Carmen Division, an individual has to learn the ropes as an apprentice. That training counts for all involved—new carman, his or her fellow employees, the employer and the community. Knowing how to do the job right is what keeps everything and everybody safe. Union
