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(Source: Globe and Mail, August 3, 2017) TORONTO — A 2015 oil train crash and explosion in Northern Ontario was caused by an improperly repaired rail that failed, the Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday. The chair of the rail safety investigator called on...

(Source: Garella Law Firm press release, August 3, 2017) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a petition for writ of certiorari filed yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States was asked to hear the case of Edward Blackorby v. BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), an important case...

(Source: Reuters, August 3, 2017) NEW YORK — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued CSX Transportation Inc. for sex discrimination, accusing the railroad operator of requiring job applicants to pass physical tests that have an unlawful disparate impact...

(Source: Albany Times Union, August 3, 2017) ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany County executive Daniel McCoy implored President Donald Trump to fill Department of Transportation vacancies for safety's sake a day after an Albany-bound train carrying hazardous cargo derailed,...

(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 3, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union stands in solidarity with over 3,700 Nissan workers in Mississippi who are voting in their election to join the United Auto Workers today and Friday....

(Source: Cumberland Times-News, August 3, 2017) HYNDMAN, Pa. — CSX officials said Thursday afternoon that no timeline has been established for Hyndman residents to return to their homes following Wednesday’s 32-car train derailment. Full story: Cumberland...

(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, August 2, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 29, 2017, as well as volumes for July 2017. U.S. railroads originated...

(Source: USA Today, July 31, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of high-profile Democratic Senators, led by Sherrod Brown of Ohio, wrote letters to the nation’s top retail CEOs Monday, demanding they crack down on trucking companies that turned their workers into...

(Source: Statement by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa published in the Detroit News, August 1, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jobs are a vehicle for economic opportunity. They should provide the pay and benefits workers in Michigan and around the country need to...

(Source: Associated Press, August 2, 2017) LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Amtrak officials say freight railroads are to blame for the company's decline in on-time trains in Indiana. Full story: Chicago Tribune