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Teamster flight attendants ratify agreement with Sun Country Airlines
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 23, 2016) BLAINE, Minn. — By an over four-to-one ratio, Teamster flight attendants at Sun Country Airlines ratified a mid-contract wage reopener that will increase their wages. There are more than...
Union Pacific provides update on PTC installation
(Source: Union Pacific press release, November 28, 2016) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific continues its Positive Train Control implementation progress, having equipped more than 3,200 locomotives, installed 4,600 computers and invested more than $2.1 billion through...
Court sides with corporations on pro-worker rules
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 23, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two federal district judges in Texas handed down separate decisions in the last week that will increase income inequality and put a thumb on the scale for corporations...
Three years after Casselton, are oil trains safer?
(Source: Valley News Live, November 28, 2016) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — It will be 3 years ago next month, that a crude oil train accident and explosion rocked and shocked residents of Casselton, North Dakota. Now, a UND engineering professor has been consulting Congress...
Regulators consider crude oil by rail volatility limits that would require oil stabilization
(Source: DeSmog Blog, November 28, 2016) NEW YORK — In July 2015, a train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed in Culbertson, Montana resulting in an oil spill of 35,000 gallons — more than the contents of a full rail tank car. But unlike all of the other Bakken train...
San Francisco’s light rail system was held hostage by hackers
(Source: Washington Post, November 28, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) was hit with malware that held its computer systems hostage on Friday and caused problems over the weekend as attackers reportedly sought a ransom...
FRA: Nation’s commuter railroads lagging on PTC technology
(Source: CBS, November 28, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — The nation’s three busiest commuter railroads, which together serve nearly 1 million riders in the New York City area each day, continue to lag behind their smaller West Coast counterparts in installing sophisticated...
Major rail carriers slow to adopt PTC
(Source: Associated Press, November 28, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — The nation’s three busiest commuter railroads — which together serve nearly 1 million riders in the New York City area each day — continue to lag behind their smaller West Coast counterparts in installing...
UP Director Rogel sells $743,000 in company stock
(Source: Daily Quint, November 26, 2016) NEW YORK — Union Pacific Corp. Director Steven R. Rogel sold 7,400 shares of Union Pacific Corp. stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 22. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.51, for a total value of...
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority sues CP over western access to O’Hare
(Source: Chicago Tribune, November 23, 2016) CHICAGO — Frustrated with what it says is a Canadian railway's refusal to negotiate, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority has filed a lawsuit before a federal regulatory agency demanding that it be allowed to run...
