Category Archives: Legislative Outlook

Rail Passengers Association Release – Tell Congress to Include Passenger Rail in Coronavirus Aid Bill

In a letter to the heads of the House and Senate committees on appropriations, the Rail Passengers Association asked Congress to also provide funding for intercity rail operators, commuter railroads, and public transit agencies to offset their steep revenue losses. Please join us in asking Congress to provide financial assistance to keep Amtrak, private rail

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TCU-IAM Members, Lawmakers Rally Against Outsourcing of Amtrak Call-Center Jobs in Philadelphia.

Congressmen Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) joined TCU-IAM members in front of Amtrak’s William H. Gray III 30th Street Station to protest the nation’s passenger rail corporation’s unjust removal of good, union-protected jobs. The lawmakers were also be joined by Numa St. Louis, District Director for Congressman Dwight Evans, and Jim Mathews, President

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Changes in TCU Executive Council and Legislative Department

William DeCarlo- Vice President and National Legislative Director William DeCarlo was elected by the TCU Executive Council to take the position of Vice-President and National Legislative Director effective Jan 1, 2020. “Billy” started his career as Station Cleaner on Long Island Rail Road in 1978.He worked as a Travel Info Clerk, Ticket Clerk, Ticket Agent/Block

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TCU-IAM Leader Urges House Members to Hold Amtrak Accountable on Systematic Campaign of Union Busting

WASHINGTON DC, Nov. 13, 2019 – Jack Dinsdale, National Vice President for the Transportation Communications Union (TCU-IAM) today testified before a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee. Dinsdale, a longtime Amtrak worker, detailed a changing culture with the nation’s passenger rail corporation that today includes workers living “in fear for their livelihood and careers.” “Under its

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TTD Release – Transportation Unions Fight for Investments that Put Working People First

As a renewed wave of worker activism sweeps the country, the leaders of 33 transportation unions focused on ways to improve the lives of working families by creating and protecting middle-class transportation jobs, investing in infrastructure, and enhancing on-the-job safety during the Executive Committee meeting of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) of which TCU

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Rail Labor and Management Continue Calls For Increased Funding For Railroad Retirement Board

A joint letter was written to Congress from the Rail Labor Division (RLD) of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) of which TCU is a member and the Association of American Railroads (AAR), requesting full funding of the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). The letter reads: On behalf of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and

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