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‘We Need Action!’: TCU and IAM Transportation Members Growing Solidarity

More than 800 members of the IAM’s largest territory, the Transportation Department, including over 200 TCU delegates, joined together in Las Vegas this week for the 2019 IAM Transportation Conference. The IAM, which represents more than 160,000 members in the airline and rail industries, is North America’s largest union in the sector. Speakers at the

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TCU President Bob Scardelletti Addresses IAM Transportation Conference

Over 200 TCU representatives are attending the IAM Transportation Conference this week. TCU President Bob Scardelletti addressed the IAM Transportation Conference laying out the current benefits and upcoming negotiations in the railroad industry. President Scardelletti said, “The contracts that people in this hall negotiate represent some of the best there is. No one does it

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IAM Newsletter/Website and Photo Contest Eligible for TCU Members

April 1, 2019 is the deadline to enter the IAM Newsletter and Website Contest. The Newsletter and Website Contest is open to all good-standing local and district lodges who regularly distribute official newsletters and/or maintain regularly-updated websites. A panel of independent judges will consider newsletters published between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018 and

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TCU Members Rally in Riverside to Save Jobs, Stop Outsourcing

TCU/IAM National Vice President Jack Dinsdale leading a rally to protest to closure and outsourcing of 500 jobs at Amtrak’s Riverside, CA call center. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Yesterday, TCU/IAM members from Amtrak’s Riverside call center rallied to save their jobs.

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