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The IBEW is calling on all members, especially railroaders, to mobilize now and urge their members of Congress to support H.R. 5475, the No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act. This bill would finally extend overtime tax relief to railroaders and millions of union members who are currently excluded.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act allows workers to exclude up to $25,000 of overtime pay from federal income taxes, worth up to $6,000 in savings a year for many households. But outdated rules in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) leave millions of workers out, including railroaders.

The FLSA exempts transportation and emergency workers from federal overtime rules and sets an unfairly high bar, so other targeted workers rarely qualify. As a result, railroaders can work long, irregular hours without qualifying for federal overtime. This means they also miss out on the new overtime tax break.

Why this matters to union members:

• Railroaders work long, irregular hours, yet see no federal overtime benefit
• Union-negotiated contracts already define fair overtime pay, but the tax code ignores those agreements  
• H.R. 5475 fixes this by recognizing collectively bargained overtime and putting money back into the hands of workers, not corporations