Category Archives: TCU Blog

TCU BRC Members Ratify Agreement on Fruit Growers Express (FGE)

Fruit Growers Express (FGE) Carmen ratified their tentative agreement by 89%.  The Contract Supervisors ratified their tentative agreement by 100%.  This contract delivers the same historic compensation increases that Presidential Emergency Board 250 provided in the National Agreement.  The historic National Agreement was achieved by National President, Artie Maratea, and the TCU Negotiating Committee, which

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TCU/IAM National President Maratea Elected CRLO Chairman

December 19, 2022- With the upcoming retirement of CRLO Chairman Dennis Pierce, TCU/IAM National President Maratea was elected Chairman of CRLO effective January 1, 2023. Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen President Mike Baldwin was elected Vice-Chairman. American Train Dispatches Association (ATDA) President Leo McCann will continue to serve as Secretary-Treasurer. “I am thankful for the opportunity

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National President Maratea Statement on Congressional Action

December 1, 2022 – Washington DC – The United States Senate voted to pass legislation to impose the terms of the recent Tentative Agreement for the remaining four (4) unions who failed to ratify their agreement.  However, the Senate did not pass the resolution to provide paid sick days to railroad workers. Today’s vote by

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2023 TCU Dues Rate

In accordance with the IAM Constitution and as noted in this letter, their monthly per capita tax is increased by using the average of the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) as published by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Canadian

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TCU is Saddened by the Passing of Former Winpisinger Center Director Chris Wagoner

TCU is deeply saddened by the passing of beloved former William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center Director Chris Wagoner.  For decades, our representatives and our membership have greatly benefited from the educational programs offered at the W3 under Brother Wagoner’s direction and facilitated by the wonderful instructors he led.  Chris and his staff have

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TCU MNPL Contribution Tops All IAM Territories

TCU members’ MNPL contributions lead the way On the heels of a mid-term election that saw many of TCU’s friends in Congress win re-election, we wanted to highlight our members’ generous contributions to our union’s Political Action Committee (PAC), the Machinists Non-partisan Political League (MNPL). Through November 1st, 2022, TCU members raised an impressive $265,264

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