The 2017 IAM Transportation Conference concluded on Wednesday, April 12. The biennial conference was the most well-attended conference in the Transportation Department’s history with more than 600 delegates and over 200 from TCU. The highly successful conference had a diverse list of speakers, including IAM International President Robert Martinez, Jr., GVP Stand Pickthall, TCU/IAM National
On October 31, 2016, 21 members of IAM Local Lodges 41 and 313, of District 9, in St. Louis, Missouri went on strike against their employer American Pulverizer. The strike began when members rejected American Pulverizer’s final offer which included rolling 87% of the healthcare costs onto the members, offer minimal and inconsistent wage increases,
Amtrak, retaliated against a supervisory special agent in its inspector general’s office when he raised concerns about railroad safety, fraud and abuse involving an Amtrak contractor and when he supported a fellow agent’s safety concerns during an internal investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found. In early to mid-2010,
In a statement letter from TCU President Bob Scardelletti: On behalf of the Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM), an American labor union and an International Transport Workers’ Federation affiliate, I write to express my support of the Korean unions’ general strike on November 30th, as well as their demand that you resign immediately. The right to
TCU/IAM regrets to report the death of Lawrence “Larry” J. Jones, a lifetime Amtrak railroader and a pillar of strong union representation and leadership. Jones passed away on August 17, 2016. “Larry was a dedicated and caring union representative, constantly striving to make the lives of the members he represented better,” said TCU/IAM President Bob
Thirty-three officers and representatives of ARASA Lodge 5101 attended a comprehensive training course on April 12-14 in Arlington, Texas. All participants work for Union Pacific Railroad. Lodge 5101 has over 2,300 members, spread over 23 states, with 686 separate work locations. TCU/IAM Industry Relations Department staff conducted the 3-day course; Directors Allison Parker and Michele
A rose sits on a newly laid brick in honor of fallen TCU-IAM Local 5092 member Peter Adamovich, a 34-year Amtrak employee who was killed on the job while trying to save a colleague. IAM International President Bob Martinez speaks offers condolences and a promise to continue to fight for safer workplaces at the IAM
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Phil Martin of TCU Local 626 has reached 57 years of service with New Jersey Transit. Phil started work in 1955, at the age of 20, for the New York Central in Manhattan as a freight handler, moving freight between boxcars and highway trailers, and also off lighters onto the railroad’s Hudson River piers. In
TCU Member and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ticket agent, James Verschure, came to the aid of a man who fell onto the tracks at the LIRR Ronkonkoma station, saving the man’s life by making sure trains were stopped and power was cut to the electrified third rail. The victim, a 43-year-old Riverhead resident, was taken
