2016 IAM Website & Newsletter Contest Recently our Local Lodge 104 received some awards for outstanding performance in Labor Journalism and we would like to share this with everyone. The team has worked extremely hard to bring you content that is relevant to the issues we face as a Railroad Labor Union on…
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October 5, 2017 SUBJECT: Tentative Agreement reached by the CBG Dear Sisters and Brothers: A tentative National Agreement has been reached by the six Rail Unions who comprise the Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG). Details are set forth in their Press Release attached. These six Unions are now in the process…
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Labor Day tends to be a pretty low-key US holiday, workers across the country typically receive a Monday off to enjoy the unofficial end of summer and shop the sales. However, the history behind the day is far more dramatic and charged than this modern day observance suggests. US President Grover Cleveland signed the holiday into…
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Gentlemen, if you are going to transfer here is the form you will need and the e-mail address to send it to. Mechanical Shop Craft Transfer Form 7 13 2016 The CSX e-mail address : payroll@csx.com For the guys who have transferred from other locations that where closed down, your home point may now be…
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Gentlemen, Please find attached a copy of the latest proposal that the carrier’s gave to our coalition. This is not something that we intend to put out for ratification. It is just to show you where we’re at in negotiations at this point. I see there is a long way to go. Further updates…
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National negotiations between the freight railroads in national negotiations and the IAM Coalition remain stalled, hostage to the carriers’ unremitting demands for major concessionary changes to the healthcare plan. Negotiations began in January of 2015. IAM invoked mediation in October 2015. The parties have met regularly since then under the auspices of the National Mediation…
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