After extensive deliberation, the AFL-CIO Executive Council, with the strong support and recommendation of AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka, agreed on March 18, 2010 to support and fight to pass the president’s health care reform bill. In a letter to union presidents and activists, President Trumka stated: ” This was not a decision we
IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger sent a letter to Congress stating that IAM will oppose any health care legislation that taxes workers’ benefits in any way. “Eliminating or capping the tax exclusion would undermine employer-sponsored coverage by removing a key incentive that employers have for providing coverage,” said Buffenbarger in his letter. “The American people
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Jeffery R. Moreland to the Amtrak Board of Directors. Moreland was most recently executive vice president for Public Affairs at BNSF Railway Company. Click here to view the White House press release.
Despite the so-called agreement announced recently by various labor organizations, TCU remains in opposition to any health care reform legislation that is funded by taxing the value of workers’ existing health care benefits. “The benefits that our members currently have are hard fought and have endured through collective bargaining and negotiations. Many times pay and
“This is Leadership” Washington, D.C., January 11, 2010 – The Executive Council of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has voted unanimously to oppose any health care reform legislation that is funded by taxing the value of workers’ existing health care benefits. For decades, IAM members exchanged substantial wage increases for the
After a long, hard fight, we’re down to our final opportunities to make sure that the health care reform passed this year works for TCU members and working families all over the country. Call your representative Wednesday, Jan. 13, as part of a national call-in day on health care reform. Urge your friends to call
On Tuesday, December 15th the House Committee on Appropriations released a summary of the Jobs for Main Street Act that has been approved by the House and will be voted on in the Senate after the holiday break. The Act if passed will provide funding for Amtrak and for rail repairs. The funding will be:
On December 8, 2009 the appropriations committees reached a final agreement on the 2010 Transportation-HUD appropriations bill, which includes funding for high speed rail and Amtrak. The measure will be included in omnibus package of six appropriations bills and a vote on the House floor may come soon. The transportation appropriation provides $2.5 billion
TCU joins Senator Sanders (I-VT), AFL-CIO and workers saying that taxing workers’ health benefits is just plain wrong. “We commend Senator Sanders for standing with America’s working families and introducing an amendment to strike this provision from the Senate health reform legislation,” said AFL-CIO Executive Vice-President Arlene Holt Baker. TCU will constantly maintain that workers
In a letter sent to every Senator on November 17, 2009 TCU, and others in rail labor, express deep opposition to any provision that would tax health care programs negotiated and maintained through railroad collective bargaining. The letter firmly states, “We are fundamentally opposed to this proposed tax, which not only puts the benefits currently
