On June 17, 2016, TCU Carmen Division General Vice President, Donald Grissom, presented to the members at Tampa and Winston, FL, the Consolidation Agreement when CSX consolidated these 2 locations. All active members will receive up to 5 years of protection at 100% of their TPA if continuing in service. Any member who was furloughed will received
Tony “Bones” Morrison started his railroad career on April 17, 1978 at the Chesapeake Ohio Heavy Repair Shop located in Raceland, KY. Tony was elected to a Trustee position of LL 6344 in 1997. In 1999, he was appointed to the Local Protective Committee by former Local Chairman, Woody Lane, to assist in the lodge’s
In 2014 and 2015, fires that spread to roughly 300,000 acres in north-central Washington broke previously held records for that state. The blaze in 2014 destroyed several communities and caused trestle and track damage to short line Cascade & Columbia River Railroad. Other fires have led to closures of BNSF and Union Pacific main lines
The Brotherhood Railway Carmen Division, TCU/IAM (BRC) requested that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) deny the Association of American Railroads (AAR) request to allow the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) in the Powder River Basin to discontinue performing brake tests on designated trains due to the use of wayside detection technology. This is the third time
Bob Pirillo passed away on October 7, 2015. Bob worked for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad and then at Transco Railcar in Oelwein, IA for 27 years. Bob served as the Local President and Local Chairman of Lodge 6069. Brother Pirillo was instrumental in maintaining membership, handling grievances and assisting with contract negotiations. He was a
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The Chicago District Council hosted its first annual Golf Outing on a very hot and humid day on July 18, 2015 at Silver Lakes Country Club, Orland Park, a south suburb of Chicago. The Golf outing was organized as a social event; a way of simply coming together for a round of golf, with prizes
Canadian Pacific and the TCU Brotherhood Railway Carmen Division (BRC) announced a tentative agreement has been reached covering the BRC represented employees on the Soo Line Railroad Company. The tentative agreement provides annual wage increases and enhanced job security, as well as increased flexibility for the company to meet its car repair demands. The new
The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) recently petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from Federal railroad safety regulations regarding the movement of extended haul trains. In its petition, UP specifically requests that FRA allow the carrier to move several extended haul trains an additional 21 to 180 miles beyond the
From Left to right; Local Chairman Chris Pierce, TCU National representative Carl Lakin, Local Representative Troy Meadows and Carmen Division General Vice President Don Grissom The BRC has reached an agreement with the Union Tank Car Company-UTLX on their new site, which will be adding 200 TCU jobs in Marion, OH. This Agreement, which was
