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Iowa DOT: Stop taking senior photos on railroad tracks
(Source: Des Moines Register, September 14, 2016) DES MOINES, Iowa — As high school teenagers are getting ready to take their senior photos, a popular picture spot for Iowans is not only dangerous, but is illegal to be there, according to the Iowa Department of...
Train of vintage rail cars coming to Livingston
(Source: Livingston Enterprise, September 13, 2016) LIVINGSTON, Mont. — Livingston will look like an old railroad town when the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners bring their vintage cars to town. Full story: Livingston Enterprise
Some bosses try to influence workers at the ballot box
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 12, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Politically pressuring of workers on the job is real. Employers are transmitting political messages to some one-quarter of all workers at their jobs, a new doctoral...
Baltimore residents protest delay of oil train bill
(Source: Television station WMAR, September 13, 2016) BALTIMORE, Md. — City residents protested the nine-month delay of a bill to mandate a study of the health and safety impacts of oil trains in Baltimore. Full story: www.abc2news.com
Stalled BNSF train raises safety concerns in Sacramento
(Source: Television station KCRA, September 13, 2016) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Midtown Sacramento commuters had to add extra time getting to work Tuesday morning as a stalled BNSF cargo train created major backups. Full story: www.kcra.com
$15 wage would end hunger for 1.2 million families
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 13, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters have been a part of a worker movement to raise the minimum wage to a $15 “living wage” standard that would allow workers to better support their...
World’s biggest rail IPO since 1993 said to seek $5 billion
(Source: Bloomberg, September 14, 2016) TOKYO — Japan’s government plans to privatize Kyushu Railway Co. through a share sale that may fetch about 500 billion yen ($5 billion), according to people with direct knowledge of the matter, in what would be the rail...
Teamsters end strike at ABC Supply, ratify new contract
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 12, 2016) BOSTON — Members of Teamsters Local 25, who had been on strike since May against the roofing corporation ABC Supply Co., have ratified a contract. The new five-year contract includes...
Metro-North to get 60 new train cars, including 10 bar cars, starting in 2019
(Source: New Haven Register, September 14, 2016) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Metro-North commuters will be able to toast the addition of 60 new M8 rail cars to the New Haven Line, including 10 bar cars, starting in 2019. Full story: New Haven Register
CSX challenges Ohio road-obstruction law
(Source: Courthouse News Service, September 13, 2016) CLEVELAND, Ohio — Railroad giant CSX Transportation claims in a federal lawsuit that it cannot be fined by a small city in northwest Ohio for routinely blocking a local road. Full story: Courthouse News Service
