Reported by Liz Carey for Transportation Today
U.S. Sens. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) have introduced legislation that would modernize federal law to protect earned railroad retirement benefits.
The bill is endorsed by the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED) of the Teamsters, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), and the Transportation Communications Union (TCU).
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