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This week, Walmart protests go global
(Source: Teamster Nation, November 19, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — ‘Tis the season for strikes at Walmart and workers worldwide are catching the spirit. On the heels of increasing strike activity this month, workers are gearing up for Black Friday protests with a global...
Teamsters, church distribute free Thanksgiving dinners
(Source: Troy Messenger, November 19, 2013) TROY, Ala. — This Thanksgiving, the Teamsters National Black Caucus and the youth department of Dunn’s Chapel AME Church are teaming up for their sixth annual distribution of Thanksgiving meals for the elderly, handicapped...
Meet the Ohio lawmaker trying to protect workers’ Thanksgivings
(Source: Huffington Post, November 19, 2013) Like many Americans, Mike Foley and his wife were outraged when they discovered that several major retailers will be open on Thanksgiving Day. But unlike most, Foley might actually be able to do something about it (besides...
Members of Congress come out against fast-tracking Trans-Pacific Partnership
(Source: The Diplomat, November 18, 2013) TOKYO — The increasingly beleaguered Trans-Pacific Partnership might have been delivered a mortal blow last week when a large bipartisan group of Congress members came out against giving President Obama Fast Track Trade...
Union Pacific harvests Christmas tree for Omaha
(Source: Associated Press, November 19, 2013) OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha's Christmas tree has been cut down from a local yard and delivered to the Durham Museum downtown. Union Pacific employees removed the 45-foot-tall Colorado Blue Spruce tree from Kevin and Linda...
Amtrak, Baltimore may have dodged a bullet following passenger train derailment in Baltimore
(Source: Baltimore Brew, November 19, 2013) BALTIMORE, Md. — Something happened underneath West Baltimore yesterday that transportation experts have worried about for decades. A passenger train derailed in the B&P Tunnel used by more than 20,000 Amtrak and MARC...
Railroad Retirement offers lessons for Social Security
(Source: Benefits Pro, November 19, 2013) Proposals to bolster the Social Security trust fund by allowing it to invest in private equities have stirred controversy for more than a decade, but the experience of a retirement plan for railroad workers offers a glimpse at...
Vice President Biden says Baltimore’s port needs new rail facility
(Source: Baltimore Sun, November 19, 2013) BALTIMORE, Md. — After touring the expansion of the Panama Canal, Vice President Joe Biden and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Tuesday they plan to increase their advocacy for a proposed CSX transfer station in Baltimore....
Amtrak investigating wrong-turn train
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 19, 2013) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — An Amtrak train with 130 passengers took a wrong turn on its way to New York last week and ended up at SEPTA's Bala Cynwyd station. Full story: Philadelphia Inquirer
Keystone pipeline foes seek to thwart oil sands exports by rail
(Source: Bloomberg, November 20, 2013) NEW YORK — Environmentalists opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline are expanding their fight against imports of Canadian heavy crude oil by trying to block rail projects that offer another way for it to enter the U.S. Full story:...
