Welcome to TCU/IAM Membership Enrollment

We’re a transportation union that represents the interests of thousands of men and women working for railroads (both freight and passenger), transit authorities, intermodal operators and other companies moving goods and people from one end of our nation to the other. We are a part of the International Association of Machinists (IAMAW) and the AFL-CIO. You can learn more about TCU/IAM by visiting our website, www.TCUnion.org.

We want to make sure that you are properly enrolled as a TCU/IAM member so please fill out the below membership applications. Once you join, you’ll receive a membership card and information about member benefits. You should be aware that membership in the Union is voluntary. However, those electing not to become Union members are still required under a Union security agreement with your employer, if applicable, to pay the equivalent of dues, fees and assessments. (Union security agreements are not applicable in the public sector.) As explained on the second form, nonmembers may reduce these payments by objecting to expenditures on activities deemed not germane to collective bargaining. When you consider all of the rights and benefits the union provides and protects on your behalf, it’s easy to see why we think it is only fair that every employee become a member - because all of us benefit from the hard-won collective bargaining agreement. And only union members may exercise membership rights such as the right to attend union meetings, hold union office and vote for officers and contract ratifications. These rights are explained in further detail on the second form.

Please take a few minutes now to complete each of the below forms. To ensure that all pages are legible, please use a ball point pen.

  1. The first form is the Membership Application. Be sure to retain a copy for your own records.

  2. The second form, the Individual Authorization Form, is a sheet authorizing your employer to automatically deduct the appropriate dues, fees and assessments.

  3. The third form, the Political Action Wage Deduction Authorization Card, is a sheet enabling you on a voluntary basis to contribute to the Machinists Non-Partisan Political League (MNPL) - our Union’s political action committee. MNPL reinforces grassroots activism by helping responsive lawmakers protect and expand key legislation such as the Family Medical Leave Act, Railroad Retirement and Social Security, as well as other laws that protect workers and their families.

Be sure to also download, read, and save a copy of the Notice To Employees Subject to IAM Security Clauses.

To complete your membership enrollment, please send your completed forms along with an initiation fee payment of $313.06 - via a check or money order made payable to “TCU/IAM” - to a Shalmar Diaz:

Shalmar Diaz, Administrative Assistant – TCU/IAM
260 W 35th Street
10th Floor
New York, NY 10001

Once again, welcome to TCU/IAM, whose officers look forward to working with you, and for you, in the future.

For any questions regarding membership enrollment, please contact Shalmar Diaz at 646-858-0296 or email diazs@tcunion.org.