Category Archives: TCU Blog

RRB Seminar for Washington DC Amtrak Local Lodge

March 7, 2025, Washington, D.C. – On February 25, 2025, Jessica Cullop, Director of TCU’s Social Services Department, presented a Railroad Retirement seminar at the Amtrak Washington, D.C. Local Lodge meeting.  Local Lodge T6364 President Curtis Harris and Local Chairman Andre Reese coordinated this seminar.  Carmen General President Don Grissom, Carmen General Vice President Darren

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TCU/IAM Lorton, Va. Amtrak Auto Train Workers Picket for a Living Wage

LORTON, Va., Feb, 19, 2025 – More than a year after voting to organize into the Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM), the largest union on Amtrak, a group of Drummac employees who work on the Amtrak Auto Train Property in Lorton, Va., are holding an informational picket against Drummac management’s stall tactics during negotiations. “These employees

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IAM Reaches Historic Milestone for Veterans, Becomes First Labor Union Recognized as VSO

For the past two years, the IAM Veterans Services team has been traveling across the country, assisting and advocating on behalf of our veteran members. On Jan. 17, 2025, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) notified the IAM that the Veterans Services Program had reached their long and hard-fought goal. IAM is officially the

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IAM Union, Rail Labor Leaders Demand Safety Reform on Two-Year Anniversary of East Palestine Disaster

IAM Rail Division representatives joined members of Congress and leaders from fellow U.S. rail unions in calling on Congress to act on rail safety two years after the toxic East Palestine train derailment.    “On behalf of all our members, our hearts still go out to the people of East Palestine. They want answers, they

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