"THE PIT"
Birthplace of the International Association of Machinists, May 5, 1888, Engine pit in old East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia R. R. shops Atlanta, GA.

International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
DISTRICT LODGE 19
HOME OF WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
THE

 
RAILROAD DISTRICT      

P. O. Box 279
9502 Petros Highway
Petros, TN  37845

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Ur Union of Unemployed -- or UCubed as we've nicknamed it -- connects the unemployed into cubes of six people to end that sense of being all alone in this Grave Recession.  Read More........

 


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District 19 Railroad Fighting Machinists***National Freight Tentative Agreement is ratified by the membership click here to see results by Local Lodge***

From the Desk of PDGC, Joe Duncan 
  IMPORTANT: Ratification result by LL's
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Machinist
Myron McGee 


Brother McGee, of LL 492 Chicago, IL
 is on the Picket line supporting the striking
Members employed by Caterpilla
 



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            Branson, MO

District 19's 6th Quadrennial Convention was held at the Hilton Convention Center in Branson, MO.  You can find information and pictures on our Convention by clicking here.
The Convention Page is work in progress and I will be updating the page as I get and process the information and pictures.  Please check for updates frequently.

                    (updated September 17)

 




 

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Republican Budget Targets Railroad Retirement Benefits 

March 29, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on a party line vote adopted the so-called Ryan Budget over the opposition of House Democrats.

One of the Budget’s provisions states that railroad retirement benefits “are more generous than Social Security in many ways.” The Budget goes on to call for legislation to conform railroad retirement Tier 1 benefits “so that its benefits would equal those of Social Security, with an estimated savings to taxpayers of $2 billion over 10 years.”

There are two things to know about this budget.

First, it has no chance of being adopted as legislation this year. Why? Because the Democratic Senate will not even take it up for consideration, and President Obama wouldn’t sign it even if Congress passed it.

Second, if the Republicans succeed in November in winning the White House and Senate, railroad retirement, as we know it, may not survive.

The Ryan Budget is enthusiastically supported by Mitt Romney and almost all of the current Congressional Republicans. Even though the above quoted Budget language reflects a fundamental misunderstanding about how railroad retirement is funded, there is no doubt as to its intent: to eliminate occupational disability and 60/30 retirement, as those are the two chief benefits that exceed Social Security benefits.

As railroad workers and retirees, we understand that those benefits are completely funded by the taxes we and railroad employers pay. But that doesn’t matter to the Republican majorities who voted for this. All they see is a chance to target yet another group of workers in the name of budget austerity. Why let facts stand in the way?

From the moment the budget hit the floor, TCU, IAM and the other rail unions mobilized to defeat it. The railroads have also stood up in opposition. Every House Democrat voted against it. But all but 10 Republicans voted for it.

As a budget resolution, it carries no statutory weight unless adopted by the Senate and signed by President Obama, neither of which will happen. In fact, legislation would first have to be drafted and then passed by the House to specifically implement the recommended changes, and even that appears extremely unlikely to occur during this session of Congress.

But make no mistake about it. If the Republicans win the White House and Senate, they have now gone on record that one of their priorities will be to dismantle railroad retirement and reduce its benefits to those of social security. If you are a railroad worker or retiree and care about your retirement security, this election will be the most important ever.

Register to vote now, and on election day vote as if your retirement security depended on it. Because it will! A vote for the wrong representatives or party is a vote to reduce your retirement.

Click here to read a related statement from the Association of American Railroad.
 


ANNUAL LOCAL CHAIRMAN SEMINAR

    This years Local Chairmen Seminar will be held beginning on Sunday May 20, 2012 and continuing through Thursday May 24, 2012.  We are starting on Sunday to allow the participants time to return to work in order to qualify for the holiday, Memorial Day.   We encourage all Local Lodges to send a representative.  This is a very important training.  We will be coving subject manners from the history of the IAM to the NMB.   Participants will leave this training with a wealth of knowledge to take back with them and share it with all the members of their local.   If you have any questions please contact the District Office.  As of the date posting, we have many openings and need to have at least 30 participants to hold the training.  Don't delay, sign up today.  Information and Participate forms at attached (click to view and printing)


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On the Picket Line

District 19 Members on the Picket Line
in Chicago, IL supporting the
Striking Members of Caterpillar

 



         
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