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Railroad
Director: William Bohne

202 728-6016
railroad@ibew.org


What's New in Railroad:

United Health Care Retirement Specialists...

Railroad "National" Health and Welfare Plan Institutes Weight Control and Smoking
Cessation Wellness Programs...

Note:

Railroad “National” Health and Welfare providers, including Aetna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield
and United Health Care, all offer identical or similar programs
.


RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

RRB Release - November 2009: Railroad Retirement Annuities and Pensions from Work Not Covered by Social Security or Railroad Retirement New!

RRB Special Release - October 2009: No Railroad Retirement Benefit Increase in 2010...

RRB Release - October 2009: Railroad Retirement Survivor Benefits

RRB Release - September 2009: Railroad Retirement Spouse Benefits

RRB Release - August 2009: Buy-Outs and Railroad Retirement Benefits

RRB Release - July 2009: RRB Financial Reports

RRB Release - June 2009: New Benefit Year for Railroad Unemployment and
Sickness Benefits

RRB Release - May 2009: Recovery Act Providing Special Extended
Unemployment Benefits

Read More: RRB Office of the Labor Member


RETIREE HEALTH CARE UPDATES

United Health Care Institutes New Program to Make Premium Payments Easier...
UnitedHealthcare Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Is Here for All
GA- 23111 Plans and COBRA Enrollees...


See the IBEW Home Page Video Player
for Senator Joe Biden's Address to
the 2008 IBEW Railroad Conference...


 

Obama Pledges Support for Amtrak and Railroad Workers (PDF)
"Thank you for the opportunity to share our thoughts with you about the
importance of supporting our nation's passenger trains and intercity railroad
transportation systems..."

McCain's Rail Record (ppt)
McCain's votes and public statements indicate he opposes unions, collective bargaining, transportation security spending and transportation investment.


HEALTH & WELFARE

Important Message about Railroad National Health and Welfare Plan...
New Federal Law Requires Health Insurance Companies to Obtain Social Security Numbers of All Covered Employees and Dependents.

Railroad Employees’ National Health and Welfare Plan
- Important Life Insurance Update, May 16, 2008
Life Insurance Benefit for Railroad Employees Covered by the National Health and Welfare Plan – Accelerated Benefit Option Now Available to Active Employees.

Health and Welfare Aetna Dependent Audit Update

UnitedHealthcare Railroad Information DepotSM


AMTRAK UPDATES

Amtrak PEB Report

2008 Amtrak Agreement

2008 Amtrak Contract Summary

Amtrak Retroactive Pay and New Wage Summaries:

Amtrak IBEW_Chicago Rates @ 173.3hrs - Feb08
IBEW Ratification 173.3 Hrs. Foremen
IBEW Ratification 173.3 Hrs



How does working after retirement affect your annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act?

Read the latest information from the
Railroad Retirement Board (here)

or visit  www.rrb.gov for more information

 


About the Railroad Department:

Although jet travel has supplanted railroads as the passenger mode of choice, and the highway system is the principal venue for product transportation, railroads are still alive and well in North America.  In the United States, approximately 40% of all freight is shipped by rail, while in Canada, the figure is 71%.  IBEW members play a major role in keeping this vital mode of transportation rolling.

Railroad electricians inspect, test, assemble, install, remove, dismantle, connect, disconnect, rebuild, overhaul, adjust, wire, wind, load, calibrate, balance strip, align, clean and lubricate all electrical and electronic equipment and components in all railroad shops, yards and buildings.

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IBEW railroad communications technicians perform all types of work generally recognized as communications work per their agreements with various carriers.  They work with microwave, radio, telephone and other communications devices, apparatus and equipment in the course of operating, maintaining and repairing these systems in shops, yards and buildings and on locomotives.  The IBEW also represents several other classes of railroad workers as certified and per agreements with particular carriers.

 

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