DID YOU KNOW? Amtrak contracts with a company called Drummac to safely load and unload vehicles from their auto trains. Add your email to join the cause and help these workers get the wages they deserve.
TCU fully supports the programs available for active and retired TCU members and their families. With the money savings programs available, in some situations, the benefits can offset paid union dues.
Cost of Wages and Fringe Benefits as of January 2025 for Carmen and Clerks.
The Railroad Retirement Board will begin phasing in nationwide toll-free telephone service starting in late November 2008 to provide customers with easy access to the agency’s field offices. First Phase Next Phase Updated February 11, 2009
Good news! The standard Medicare Part B monthly premium for 2009 will remain the same as it was in 2008. Click here to find out more.
The best way for the incoming Obama administration to revive the tumbling economy is by investing in the nation’s crumbling infrastructure and its people, urged a group of economists, academics, union leaders and other experts at a conference in Washington, D.C. the week of November 10. So does Senator Hillary Clinton: in a letter she
In Boston, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority wants to use taxpayer funds to pay for locomotives built in Spain. The MBTA is requesting a waiver of Buy America requirements in the Federal Transit Administration statutes in order to allow locomotives to be produced overseas. The Buy America rules are included in the FTA statute to
October 31, 2008—The Department of Transportation has been stopped, at least for the time being, from implementing a regulation that would require certain employees to be observed while collecting a urine specimen for drug testing. The U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia today issued a temporary stay preventing the DOT from putting the
Premium rates for 2009 were established at the annual rate renewal meeting October 28, 2008. In his announcement, President Robert A. Scardelletti reports that he is pleased that due to “innovative changes and actions,” there will be only a modest increase in cost-sharing contributions. Read more. Posted October 31, 2008
During the months of November and December 2008, UnitedHealthcare will hold an open enrollment under GA-23111 for railroad employees and/or their dependents. During this open enrollment period, any individual eligible for coverage under one of the GA-23111 plans can enroll and will be accepted for coverage without any medical underwriting or requirement of good health.
Those railroad retirement annuitants subject to earnings restrictions can earn more in 2009 without having their benefits reduced, as a result of increases in earnings limits indexed to average national wage increases. Find out more.
Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, are scheduled to increase in January 2009 on the basis of the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during the 12 months preceding October 2008. Click here for more. Posted October 29, 2008
Click here to read the union agreement with the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company signed September 2, 2008.
