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Amtrak and BNSF sue owner of dump truck company, widow of truck driver sues BNSF over Southwest Chief accident
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 1, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amtrak and BNSF Railway have filed suit the company that owns the dump truck involved in Monday’s fatal collision and derailment of the Southwest Chief — and the widow of the truck driver has sued a BNSF...
AFL-CIO’s TTD urges senators to revise common carrier obligation, give STB more power to deal with rail service issues
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 30, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The leader of a federation of rail and other unions has written a group of U.S. senators asking that Congress give the Surface Transportation Board more power to enforce railroads’ common-carrier obligations...
AAR reports rail traffic for the week ending June 25, 2022
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 29, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 25, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 493,374...
Teamster campaign pays off to uphold misclassification law protecting drivers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 30, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to take a case seeking to overturn a California law on worker misclassification, and by doing so expanded employment protections to...
Virginia moves forward on New River Valley rail plan
(Source: Railway Age, July 1, 2022) The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) and Norfolk Southern (NS) on June 30 announced the financial closing of a deal that will expand commonwealth-supported Amtrak service from Washington, D.C., to Roanoke and to the New...
VRE to contribute millions to advance passenger rail expansion
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 30, 2022) The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) will contribute $119.2 million to support Virginia's purchase of rail right-of-way in the Interstate 95 corridor from CSX. Full story: Progressive Railroading
Victory for California high-speed rail as state budget is approved
(Source: Streetsblog California, June 30, 2022) Lawmakers voted and approved a $308 billion state budget on Wednesday that includes $4.2 billion for completion of the Central Valley spine of the California high-speed rail project. The state can now move forward...
BLET News
Deadline extended for BLET’s Baltimore regional meeting
Ballots for strike authorization being mailed June 24 to BLET members at Class I railroads
BLET to hold strike authorization vote
BLET members ratify new contract with DM&E; Wages to increase 27%
Deadline approaches for BLET’s Baltimore regional meeting
FRA publishes rule on fatigue management
United Rail Unions statement on proffer of arbitration, June 15, 2022
BLET opens Denver regional meeting
United Rail Unions statement on national bargaining, June 9, 2022
Daily Headlines
Amtrak and BNSF sue owner of dump truck company, widow of truck driver sues BNSF over Southwest Chief accident
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 1, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amtrak and BNSF Railway have filed suit the company that owns the dump truck involved in Monday’s fatal collision and derailment of the Southwest Chief — and the widow of the truck driver has sued a BNSF...
AFL-CIO’s TTD urges senators to revise common carrier obligation, give STB more power to deal with rail service issues
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 30, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The leader of a federation of rail and other unions has written a group of U.S. senators asking that Congress give the Surface Transportation Board more power to enforce railroads’ common-carrier obligations...
AAR reports rail traffic for the week ending June 25, 2022
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 29, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 25, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 493,374...
Teamster campaign pays off to uphold misclassification law protecting drivers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 30, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to take a case seeking to overturn a California law on worker misclassification, and by doing so expanded employment protections to...
Virginia moves forward on New River Valley rail plan
(Source: Railway Age, July 1, 2022) The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) and Norfolk Southern (NS) on June 30 announced the financial closing of a deal that will expand commonwealth-supported Amtrak service from Washington, D.C., to Roanoke and to the New...
VRE to contribute millions to advance passenger rail expansion
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 30, 2022) The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) will contribute $119.2 million to support Virginia's purchase of rail right-of-way in the Interstate 95 corridor from CSX. Full story: Progressive Railroading
Victory for California high-speed rail as state budget is approved
(Source: Streetsblog California, June 30, 2022) Lawmakers voted and approved a $308 billion state budget on Wednesday that includes $4.2 billion for completion of the Central Valley spine of the California high-speed rail project. The state can now move forward...
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