Drummac Workers are Fighting for a Living Wage

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.

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Union Plus Programs for TCU Members

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.

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2025 Fringe Benefits

Cost of Wages and Fringe Benefits as of January 2025 for Carmen and Clerks.

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U.S. Army & DOJ Join Chorus of Opposition to CP-NS Merger

The past week has not been kind to fans of a merger between Canadian Pacific (CP) and Norfolk Southern (NS). After House Transportation & Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster came out in opposition, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the U.S. Army both issued their own calls to pump the brakes. On Thursday,

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T&I Chairman Shuster Opposes CP-NS Merger

In a short statement released this morning, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) stated his opposition to the prospect of a merger between Canadian Pacific (CP) and Norfolk Southern (NS). CP has been attempting a semi-hostile takeover of NS, vying to apply an unusual voting trust structure and make a direct appeal

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Strike Information – Benefits Available Under the Railroad Retirement Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) for Eligible New Jersey Transit Members

To qualify for unemployment benefits for the current benefit year beginning July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, you must meet certain railroad earnings and creditable service months in the base calendar year 2014. If you became employed prior to calendar year 2014, you must have had at least three (3) months of creditable service

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Federal Income Tax and Railroad Retirement Benefits

The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) released a questions and answers that describes the tax statements issued by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) each January for Federal income tax purposes. Railroad retirement beneficiaries needing information about these statements, or about tax withholding from their benefits, should contact an office of the RRB. For further Federal income

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Senate Holds Hearing to Discuss Passenger Rail

On Tuesday, the Senate subcommittee that oversees railroads held a hearing titled, “Passenger Rail: Opportunities and Challengers for the National Network.” Testifying were two people from regional rail commissions, a city manager from Colorado, and Joseph Boardman, the soon-to-retire CEO of Amtrak. The hearing was almost entirely focused on Amtrak, not just passenger rail. Republicans

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Congress tells New Jersey Transit to settle

Yesterday, nine members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation wrote to New Jersey Transit urging them to settle the long-standing contract battle with the large rail labor coalition, which includes TCU. Even though the labor coalition has made major concessions in its negotiations, and two independant federal panels have said that labor’s offer is the

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