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Teamster Horizon Air pilots take legal action to protect passengers, mitigate growing staffing concerns
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 27, 2017) SEATTLE, Wash. — Pilots at the SeaTac-based Horizon Air took legal action against their employer on Friday, claiming that executives at the airline broke the law by violating the terms of...
Niles Fire Department Teamsters ratify strong four-year contract
(Source: Teamsters Local 700 press release, January 27, 2017) PARK RIDGE, Ill. — Teamsters Local 700 members of the Niles Fire Department voted unanimously to ratify their contract on Wednesday, Jan. 11 with a 35-0 margin. The current contract between the Village of...
MBTA, Amtrak settle dispute over Attleboro line
(Source: Boston Globe, January 28, 2017) BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority and Amtrak have settled a dispute over track maintenance in Attleboro that threatened to cut rail service from Boston to New York and other points along the Northeast Corridor....
MBTA to fire 27 workers for attendance policy violations
(Source: Boston Globe, January 27, 2017) BOSTON — In a push to reduce absenteeism among its employees, MBTA officials are moving to terminate 27 workers this month for attendance policy violations, more than the total fired for bad attendance all of last year. Full...
GOP House majority rushes to halt pro-worker rules
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 27, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Not content with trying to dump pro-worker regulations by the prior Obama administration, the GOP majority in the U.S. House wants to halt virtually all future rules,...
Rail, trucking industries team up to limit new rules
(Source: Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The trucking and rail industries, often at odds in Washington, are teaming up to press the incoming Trump administration to limit the ability of transportation regulators to write new rules. Full...
Railroads impacted by winter weather
(Source: Feedstuffs.com, January 27, 2017) NEW YORK — Class I railroads in the western U.S. -- BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railway (UP) -- continue to respond to and recover from poor winter weather, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s most recent...
CSX reportedly in settlement talks with Hunter Harrison
(Source: Reuters, January 29, 2017) NEW YORK — CSX Corp is discussing a settlement with Hunter Harrison, the outgoing chief executive of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, and activist investor Paul Hilal that could make Harrison CSX's CEO, the Wall Street Journal...
Amtrak defending suits over 2014 Niles train stabbing
(Source: The Herald-Palladium, January 27, 2017) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Two of the four people who were stabbed while aboard an Amtrak train near Niles in 2014 are suing the railroad. Full story: The Herald-Palladium
NS facilitated industrial investment along rail lines in 2016
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 26, 2017) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern assisted 71 industries in locating or expanding their businesses along its rail lines in 2016. The 58 new and 13 expanded industries represent an investment of $4.0 billion by...
