| October 1, 2008 |
Senate passes Rail Safety/Amtrak
Bill |
| August 31, 2008 |
Joe
Rileys Retirement Party |
| August 12, 2008 |
BLE&T
Annual Family Picnic |
| June 8, 2007 |
Six year deal ratified
at PATH |
| May 10, 2007 |
Write your Senator to
support the Employee Free Choice Act. |
| May 3, 2007 |
Rail Safety Legislation
introduced in House |
| April 29, 2007 |
Independent
review of cleanup of Mott Haven |
| April 15, 2007 |
BLE&T Executive Staff
Brother "Mo Morrow" passed away. |
| April 15, 2007 |
Benefits of Regional Rail
Touted |
| April 7, 2007 |
Rail
Union Act to avoid health care costs |
| April 6, 2007 |
Railroad
Retirement Eligibility Requirements for Divorced Spouces
|
| April 6, 2007 |
Second PEB to eye M-N
dispute |
| March 30, 2007 |
Coalition of 8 Unions
Reach Tentative Agreement with Metro-North Railroad |
| March 28, 2007 |
House of Representatives
passed the Rail and Public Transportation Security Act.
Jack Gaines was too busy to inform the ACRE membership
to contact their representatives concerning the passage
of HR 1401. |
| March 16, 2007 |
BLE&T, CSXT reach
tentative "single system" agreement |
| March 7, 2007 |
Supreme Court upholds
Rail Labor's position on FELA. Did ACRE, Gaines,
Bottalico or Doyle contribute anything towards this
case. No. They just state that an belonging
to the Internationals is useless. The Internationals
do nothing for you. This is why you need International
backing. |
| Feb. 22, 2007 |
Gary
Dellaverson fills MTA Chief Financial Officer Position
|
| Feb. 7, 2007 |
Metro-North Contract dispute
takes toll on Rail Workers |
| Jan. 31, 2007 |
State Legislative Board
Chairman meet with Congress |
| Jan. 28, 2007 |
Metro-North faces possible
strike in August |
| Dec. 31, 2006 |
NMB appoints a PEB Board
for M-N Coalition |
| Dec. 29, 2006 |
Case to gut
FELA. What has ACRE done to prevent this raid
from the railroads on FELA? |
| Dec. 28, 2006 |
Weekly
Health Insurance contributions for new ACRE hires since
2004. Thanks to Bottalico, Doyle and ACRE.
|
| Dec. 22, 2006 |
BLE&T reaches five
year tenative deal with GTW/CN |
| Dec. 13, 2006 |
2007 Tier I and Tier II
Taxes |
| Dec. 11, 2006 |
RR Disability Earnings
Act goes to Bush for signiture. What did Jack
Gaines or ACRE do to get this bill through Congress? |
| Dec. 7, 2006 |
An NMB Press Release |
| Nov. 28, 2006 |
Insipid joke about Toussaint
sparks demand for MTA Labor Chief Resignation |
| Sept. 22, 2006 |
Can it get any worse for
Pirro? |
| Aug. 18, 2006 |
Spitzer:
Throw MTA Boss from the train |
| Aug. 18, 2006 |
Pataki
opposes pro-union bill. Why would Pataki sign
this Bill when he can create Associations like ACRE? |
| Aug. 16, 2006 |
ACRE
awards $14,500.00 in college scholarships to members
|
| Aug. 9, 2006 |
BLE&T reaches tentative
5 year contract with SEPTA |
| July 25, 2006 |
House Committees OK Railroad
Retirement Bill & Security Measures |
| May 5, 2006 |
No
contract, but a sweet ride. |
| May 2, 2006 |
LIRR loses 17,000 employee
records |
| May 1, 2006 |
BLE&T and UTU join
in support of Legislation |
| April 19, 2006 |
UTU
prevails in Federal lawsuit on crew consist and FELA
|
| March 15, 2006 |
BLE&T
and UTU settle differences |
| Jan. 24, 2006 |
How
does your 2006 salary compare to what Doyle and his
officers stated how much Engineers would be making in
1999? |
| Jan. 17, 2006 |
Governor
Pataki Awakes |
| Jan. 16, 2006 |
Authority
reform law signed by Gov. Pataki |
| Jan. 8, 2006 |
Senate report urges upgrades
to Albany |
| Jan. 6, 2006 |
TWU Contract Highlights |
| Jan. 5, 2006 |
ACRE holding back vacation
weeks (slots) on the pick |
| Jan. 4, 2006 |
ACRE's purpose |
| Jan. 3, 2006 |
MTA Secret
Revealed |
| Jan. 3, 2006 |
Letter
from Ron Folmsbee to Andrew Paul dated 9/29/05 |
| Jan. 3, 2006 |
Response
from Andrew Paul to Ron Folsbee dated 12/15/05 |
| Dec. 29, 2005 |
TWU Local 100 Contract |
| Dec. 23, 2005 |
14B and 17B
changes Bottalico and Doyle signed off on two years
ago and have failed to provide the ACRE membership. |
| Dec. 21, 2005 |
Arrogance
of the MTA made strike a certainty |
| Dec. 20, 2005 |
Pension Madness |
| Dec. 19,2005 |
Rally to support TWU Local
100 |
| Nov. 29, 2005 |
MTA looking for givebacks
with TWU Local 100 |
| Nov. 28,2005 |
UTU, TCU, voted "best"
at lobbying Congress |
| Nov. 9, 2005 |
Transit rolling again
in Philadelphia |
| Nov. 6, 2005 |
UTU informational update |
| Oct. 11, 2005 |
Rail
Unions Seek New Contract |
| Oct. 10, 2005 |
White
Collar Professionals seek out National not Independent
Unions for Assistance and Clout. |
| Oct. 7, 2005 |
MTA
is in violation of weekend assignments |
| Oct. 2, 2005 |
BLE&T
sends out second mailing (pages 1-6) |
| Oct. 2, 2005 |
BLE&T
sends out second mailing (pages 7-15) |
| Sept. 11, 2005 |
BLE&T Relief Fund
for Hurricane Katrina Victims |
| Sept. 7, 2005 |
ACRE members see
what happens to Independent Unions |
| Sept. 7, 2005 |
New ACRE
hires should hold onto their wallets. If only
Mike and Tony fully understood what they did with the
medical. |
| August 30, 2005 |
Another letter to the
Journal News about OT article |
| August 25, 2005 |
Public
reacts to Journal News Sunday Article on OT |
| August 24, 2005 |
Metro
North Labor Coalition Action Update |
| August 17, 2005 |
UTU
sends out more information to ACRE members |
| July 22, 2005 |
TCU affiliates with Machinist
Union |
| July 21, 2005 |
ARSA
letter about initialed contract |
| July 18, 2005 |
ARSA members reject ACRE
deal |
| July 8, 2005 |
70th Anniversary of Wagner
Act |
| June 5, 2005 |
UTU news concerning ACRE
MTA salaries |
| June 4,2005 |
UTU A-cards
ACRE Local 1 members
A-card
information pages 1-3
A-card
information pages 4-6 |
| June 3, 2005 |
UTU
Local 77 informs M-N and ACRE |
| June 3, 2005 |
Local
77 Vice General Chairman addresses concern |
| June 1, 2005 |
BLE&T
A-cards ACRE Local 9 members
A-card
information pages 1-9
A-card
information pages 10 - 17 |
| May 27, 2005 |
ID scam
hits Metro-North |
| May 12, 2005 |
Letter
from Interim General Chairman of Local 77 |
| May 6, 2005 |
Metro-North
Police rates of pay throughout their recent contract
agreement. How come
ACRE members got left out? |
| April 28,2005 |
MTAcre in the news has moved to the Humor
Page |
| April 15, 2005 |
MTA
official can clear name |
| April 10, 2005 |
Council
Rips MTA Over Public Safety |
| April 10, 2005 |
Local
100 Outraged-- Operators put on live tracks |
| March 1, 2005 |
M-N Labor Relations puts out new
attendance policy for represented employees. No
reaction from ACRE. |
| Jan 31, 2005 |
MTA
Cops get 23% retroactive pay hike |
| Jan. 22, 2005 |
Pataki
still wants to merge LIRR with M-N |
| Jan. 12, 2005 |
Tier II tax rate to decrease
in 2005 |
| Dec. 11, 2004 |
Editorial
by James Brady from Crain's NY Business |
| Dec. 07,2004 |
BMWE
merges with Teamsters |
| Dec. 01, 2004 |
AFL-CIO
to take stance on Independent Unions |
| Nov. 13, 2004 |
Metro North Coalition
of Unions will seek mediation. |
| Nov. 11, 2004 |
Staten Island Rapid
Transit contract update |
| Nov. 05, 2004 |
Metro-North
could be short changed |
| Nov. 01, 2004 |
Staten Island Rapid Transit signs a new contract.
Essentially the same deal which was signed on the LIRR.
No give backs or medical co-payments. More to follow. |
| Nov. 01, 2004 |
Jack Gaines becomes a registered
lobbyist |
| Oct. 27, 2004 |
Rail
riders oppose fare hike plan |
| Oct. 21, 2004 |
UTU
protests new NMB rules |
| Sept. 28, 2004 |
Bush Targets Railroad
workers rights. |
| August 19, 2004 |
RRB annual
report concludes fund is healthy |
| August 19, 2004 |
A link to the Railroad
Retirement Board was added to the Links
page. |
| August 19, 2004 |
A link for the National
Railroad Retirement Investment Trust was added to
the Links page. |
| August 19, 2004 |
13C
protections under attack. Please call your
local representatives and oppose any legislation negatively
affect Section 13C protective arrangements for transit
employees. |
| June 15, 2004 |
NY State Senate and Assemblymen
listing is provided to assist members in locating
the proper persons to contact and request their support
for the following introduced legislation. |
| May 20, 2004 |
Crew Consist Bills
Introduced in NYS Assembly. Please contact your
local representatives. |
May 19, 2004 |
Support Legislation
preventing the MTA from subsidizing ACRE officer
salaries. |
| May 11, 2004 |
New format on Reality Check. Expanded explanations
on the way concerning each topic. |
| April 27, 2004 |
ACRE members question
themselves |
| April 26, 2004 |
Boyd admits guilt.
Paul Thompson takes over. Various labor leaders
offer Paul their support. |
| April 1, 2004 |
New link added to MTAcre site called Reality
Check. Will provide you with some facts the
ACRE has promised or informed their membership about
and the status of ACRE's claims. Judge for yourself
the truth behind the ACRE. |
| March 31, 2004 |
At the constant request of the ACRE, links
have been added to the site for the BLE, UTU, BRS and
AFL-CIO. |
| Feb. 10, 2004 |
Thanks
for choosing the MTAcre web site for information.
In our first 30 days we have had over 2000 visitors
to this site. Please be patient with us and check
back often for news, facts and editorials. |
| Jan 30, 2004 |
Metro-North's
Coalition of Unions rejects ACRE's Contract Proposal
with Metro-North RR |
| Jan 19, 2004 |
Thanks for your interest on the MTAcre Web Site. This
site had over 800 visitors during its first week of
operation. There were many complements. One theme which
was echoed was that this would help to keep the ACRE
honest. Just think about that statement for a minute.
What does it truly say about the ACRE Organization? |
| Jan 16, 2004 |
Important Contract Issues
- READ |
| Jan 9. 2004 |
MTAcre web site open for business ! |
