President Donald J. Trump has appointed Erhard R. Chorlé to be the Chairman of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Johnathan D. Bragg to be the Labor Member, and Thomas R. Jayne to be the Carrier Member. Their appointments to the three-member Board were confirmed by the Senate on January 2. They will oversee the activities
A TCU/IAM member who was fired from their position at Walt Disney World was returned to service with full backpay. TCU Assistant National Field Representative Staci Bowermeister-Shkoler, recently won a case for a dismissed TCU/IAM member who was working as a bellman at Walt Disney World. The member was terminated due to receiving a guest
The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board’s Customer Service Plan promotes the principles and objectives of customer-driven quality service agency-wide. The RRB’s plan lays out the standards and expresses the time frames in terms of when the agency is required to make its decision to pay or deny an application for benefits. The plan states specifically the
In a recent release Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO (TTD), of which TCU is a member, President Larry I. Willis, issues this statement in response to a deal reached between Congress and Trump to re-open the government for three weeks: “While we are pleased 800,000 federal workers and their families will get a temporary reprieve from
A message from IAM International President Bob Martinez: Sisters and Brothers, The House of Representatives passed a bill to reopen the government and get back to the table and negotiate on border security. Now it’s the Senate’s turn and we are asking you to call your Senator and tell them to support H.R. 268 (Amendment
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
On January 8, 2019, Carman’s Division Assistant General President, Donald Grissom, prepares to swear in the newly elected officers for T6011 (TTX) at their regular Union meeting in Tinley Park, IL. Officers from left to right are Vice President Michael Dibenedetto, Recording Secretary Anthony Petraitis, President John Krantz, Financial Secretary Eric Berndt, Local Chairman Izaak Campos
CSX Transportation (CSX) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations regarding the testing and inspecting of air brakes. CSX’s waiver contains three specific requests: (1) to extend the mileage limits of the subject trains from 1000 to 1052 miles before a Class
Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) reads a heartbreaking letter from a TCU member Teresa Kolaras in Riverside that will be losing her job as a result of Amtrak’s decision to close the facility and outsource work to a low-wage, non-union facility.
The government shutdown is now in its third week. And IAM members are still feeling the pain. More than 800,000 federal workers and contractors, including thousands of IAM and NFFE-IAM Federal District 1 members, are affected by this ridiculous government shutdown. Please sign the IAM’s petition asking Senators to push Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
