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Denver US Foods Teamsters launch unfair labor practice strike
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 24, 2016) ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — US Foods’ ongoing labor woes extended to the Denver area today, where members of Teamsters Local 455 established an unfair labor practice picket line to protest the...
Genesee & Wyoming acquires Australian railroad operation
(Source: Darien News Times, October 20, 2016) DARIEN, Conn. — Darien-based Genesee & Wyoming is acquiring Glencore Rail in Australia for $866 million, while selling a 49 percent equity stake in G&W’s Australia operations to a Macquarie Group affiliate. Full story:...
TPP would be another blow to U.S. manufacturing
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 24, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. manufacturing jobs, or the lack thereof, is a central concern for many hard-working Americans who toiled for years on factory floors across the country, earning a...
CN to report 3Q 2016 financials at 4 p.m. today
(Source: CN press release, September 26, 2016) MONTREAL — CN will issue its third-quarter 2016 financial and operating results on Oct. 25, 2016, at 4.01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). CN's senior officers will review the results and the railway's outlook in a...
Negotiations with SEPTA workers stall as strike deadline nears
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 24, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — Members of a union representing almost 5,000 SEPTA bus, trolley, and subway workers warned that a strike would be unavoidable if a new contract agreement were not reached within the next week. Full...
High-speed rail route to L.A. coming in to view
(Source: Los Angeles Magazine, October 24, 2016) LOS ANGELES — You wouldn’t know it by the scant media coverage, but construction of the state’s bullet train is in full swing around Fresno and the Central Valley. The California High-Speed Rail Authority will likely...
Boston’s mayor joins TWU members to protest privatization plans
(Source: Boston Herald, October 21, 2016) BOSTON — Mayor Martin J. Walsh joined hundreds of union workers outside the State House demanding an end to privatization of the MBTA — one of the few times Walsh has publicly disagreed with Gov. Charlie Baker. Full story:...
Maryland governor pledges to revamp ‘infamous’ Howard Street Tunnel
(Source: Baltimore Sun, October 24, 2016) BALTIMORE, Md. — Gov. Larry Hogan promised Monday to find a way to expand the more than century-old Howard Street Tunnel underneath Baltimore, a "transformative" project he said could spur an almost limitless production...
Texas bullet train developers drawing on college students for station designs
(Source: Dallas Morning News, October 21, 2016) DALLAS, Texas — The developers of a high-speed rail line that would take passengers from Dallas to Houston in 90 minutes are asking the state’s future architects — and, ideally, the system’s future customers — to help...
Bombardier to cut 7,500 jobs through 2018, mostly in rail
(Source: Reuters, October 21, 2016) MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc said on Friday it would cut 7,500 jobs, mostly in its train-making division, in a second round of layoffs announced this year, following extended delays and budget overruns in its aerospace business. Full...
