TCU Carmen on Pan-Am Railway ratified a new agreement. The new agreement brings 12% wage increases over 4 years. Here is the breakdown of how the increases are structured: 11/1/14 3%11/1/15 3%11/1/16 3%11/1/17 3% TCU National Vice-President Arthur Maratea said, “Everyone did a great job! Congrats to every member, over 75% voted for this contract.”
By a 4 to 1 margin in favor, Duluth and Missabe Iron Range (DMIR) Ore Dock members successfully ratified a tentative agreement on September 11, 2014, after 3 years of bargaining, mediation and a failed first ratification. TCU wanted to follow the pattern set by National Bargaining; we were not interested in making rules changes
In very high turnouts, TCU Clerks and MofE Supervisors ratified new contracts with Metro-North by over 90% margins. The contracts have identical terms to the breakthrough Long Island contracts, with 18.2% in compounded wage increases over 6-1/2 year terms, fully retroactive. “We promised our Metro-North members that our struggle on Long Island was their struggle
Seated left to right: Charles Glasgow, Deputy Director, Labor Relations MTA; Arthur Maratea, National Vice President, TCU-IAM. Standing left to right: Ralph Agritelley,Vice President Labor Relations, Metro-North; Michael Hale, FST ARASA TCU-IAM Lodge 5091; William Mills, General Chairman ARASA TCU-IAM Lodge 5041; Paul Constantinople, Local Chairman TCU-IAM Lodge 227; William DeCarlo, National Representative TCU-IAM Unit
By a margin never seen before TCU members on Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ratified the new contract by a 97% vote in favor. The LIRR members have been without a contract over four years and endured through two Presidential Emergency Boards. The new agreement, that was just ratified, achieves more money for all current
July 17, 2017 TCU and it’s seven coalition partners reached a tentative agreement with the Long Island Rail Road, averting a strike scheduled for Sunday. The agreement achieves more money for all current workers than recommended by Presidential Emergency Boards 244 and 245. The compromises reached on new hire pension contributions and rate progressions are modest, and far
TCU Carmen, Clerks and Supervisors have ratified first ever contracts with Keolis Commuter Services, the new commuter operator serving the Boston region. All three crafts ratified identical two year deals, providing for a 3% raise on the first day of operations – July 1, 2014, and a 2-1/2% wage increase on July 1, 2015. All
TCU Members on Providence and Worcester Railroad overwhelmingly ratified the new agreement by an %84 margin. The new agreement includes: • 24% over 8 years compounded• For the First ever, time and a half on relief days• Members hired after 2000 will get 2 additional sick days a year.• Flex time for clerks• Personal &
Click image above to watch the video. Thousands of Disney union workers, many from TCU, rallied and marched together as contract negotiations with the company continue. Workers are bargaining over a new compensation package that includes more money and better benefits. Those participating in the march were members from TCU and UNITE HERE. Click here to watch
May 20, 2014 — Presidential Emergency Board No. 245 ruled today that “that the Unions’ final offer is the most reasonable” in the four year old bargaining dispute between TCU and its allied unions and the Long Island Rail Road.? The PEB Report sets in motion a final sixty day cooling off period. If
