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TCRC, CN reach tentative contract settlement
(Source: CN press release, October 31, 2013) MONTREAL — CN announced today that it has reached tentative collective agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference – Conductors, Trainpersons and Yardpersons (TCRC-CTY). The TCRC-CTY represents approximately 3,000...
Opinion: Poisonous million dollar pay packages
(Source: Huffington Post, October 28, 2013. The author, Larry Cohen, is president of the Communication Workers of America.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — American CEOs, by contrast, place themselves on $35,000 thrones bought with the sweat of struggling minimum wage workers. The...
KCS CEO David Starling sells 5,655 shares for $698,675.25
(Source: Ticker Report, October 29, 2013) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern CEO David Starling unloaded 5,655 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.55, for a total transaction of...
Oman to launch $15 billion rail construction project in fourth quarter of 2014
(Source: Reuters, October 30, 2013) ABU DHABI — Oman plans to launch construction of the first part of a $15 billion rail network in the fourth quarter of 2014, a government official said on Wednesday. The state-funded, 1,395 mile rail network -- the country's first...
Without aid, Amtrak could exit rural America
(Source: Appeal Democrat, October 29, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — They're among the last holdovers from the golden age of American train travel, but the changing relationship between the federal government and the states could mean the end of the line for some of...
Ex-Fla. state senator says Gov. Scott flip-flopped on high-speed rail funds
(Source: Tampa Tribune, October 30, 2013) TAMPA, Fla. — Former state Sen. Paula Dockery, a former political ally of Gov. Rick Scott but now a critic, says Scott assured her shortly after taking office in early 2011 that he planned to accept $2.4 billion in federal...
State says weekend Cape Cod train to be permanent
(Source: Associated Press, October 30, 2013) BARNSTABLE, Mass. — After a successful test run this year, seasonal weekend passenger train service between Boston and Cape Cod will become a permanent fixture. Full story: Boston Herald
Connecticut Gov. wants Con Ed sued over Metro-North blackout
(Source: New York Daily News, October 29, 2013) HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has called on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to pursue legal action against Con Edison to recover losses from last month’s power failure on Metro-North’s New...
Teamsters hold first meeting of D.C. Taxi Operators Association
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 29, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hundreds of taxicab drivers in the nation’s capital attended the first meeting of the new Washington, D.C., Taxi Operators Association today in overwhelming support for...
TCU/IAM carmen sign historic agreement with CSX at Huntington Locomotive Shop
(Source: Transportation Communications Union/IAM website, October 26, 2013) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX and the TCU/IAM Carmen Division (BRC) recently signed a 4 year agreement to bring back scheduled sub-contracted work the Huntington Locomotive Shop and the Carmen...
