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More Long Island stores and bars boycott Clare Rose as Teamster strike reaches one month mark
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 19, 2017) GREAT NECK, N.Y. — Long Island’s small businesses are turning against Clare Rose, the sole distributor of Anheuser-Busch products and several craft beers like Blue Point and Greenport. Dozens...
Six state Attorneys General push for stronger oil train limits
(Source: The Hill, May 22, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several state attorneys general are asking federal regulators to strengthen rules on trains transporting crude oil. The six attorneys general, led by New York’s Eric Schneiderman, filed comments with regulators...
Report: CSX lays off at least 50 in Cumberland back shop
(Source: Radio station WCBC, May 22, 2017) CUMBERLAND, Md. — WCBC has now confirmed through several sources that at least 50 employees have been furloughed from the mechanical/back shop at CSX Cumberland. We're told that about 200 work in that shop locally, so the...
Court upholds OSHA finding that Pan Am Railways violated Maine employee’s whistleblower rights
(Source: Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, May 10, 2017) BOSTON — A federal appeals court has affirmed that Pan Am Railways, Inc. must pay $260,000 in punitive and compensatory damages to - and take corrective...
Proxy adviser ISS recommends CSX shareholders vote for Harrison payment
(Source: Reuters, May 22, 2017) NEW YORK — Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that owners of CSX Corp stock vote in favor of an $84 million payment related to the appointment of new Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison. The...
STB: Number of Class I train and engine service employees rises
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 22, 2017) Class Is employed 149,107 workers in the United States as of mid-April, down 0.14 percent compared with mid-March and down 2.64 percent from the year-ago figure, according to the Surface Transportation Board (STB). But...
Feds reverse course, approve $647 million grant for Caltrain electrification project
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, May 22, 2017) SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a stunning reversal, the Federal Transit Administration said Monday that it will approve a $647 million grant to electrify Caltrain tracks, nearly doubling capacity on the overburdened San Jose to San...
Amtrak is under fire for delays at NY Penn Station
(Source: National Public Radio, May 21, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a month of breakdowns and delays at Penn Station, Amtrak will be making major repairs to tracks, but leaders from New York and New Jersey are calling on Amtrak to give up control of the station....
MBTA pension fund faces $1 billion shortfall
(Source: Associated Press, May 22, 2017) BOSTON — A new report by the chief of the MBTA says the transit agency's retirement fund will need $1 billion in additional taxpayer funding over the next 18 years if it is to pay retirees as promised and remain solvent. Full...
Windsor-Toronto in 2 hours? Canada eyes high-speed rail
(Source: Detroit Free Press, May 21, 2017) DETROIT — An ambitious high-speed rail plan that would get travelers from Windsor to Toronto in just two hours is gaining steam in Canada — and there's even talk about one day extending the line to Detroit. Full story:...
