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Hoffa: Is Michigan next in expressing outrage over trade?
(Source: Column by James P. Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Published in the Detroit News at at www.Teamster.org on September 11, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Michigan in the last month has seen its fair share of low-wage workers walk off...
DHL Teamsters approve National Master portions of tentative new agreement and all operational supplements; A small number of local riders were not approved
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 11, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters working at DHL Express across the country overwhelmingly approved the new tentative National Master Agreement. Likewise, all three national operational...
Teamsters at Sunsweet overwhelmingly ratify contract
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 11, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters who work at the world’s largest dried fruit processing plant are at work today, under a strong contract that resulted from their solidarity. The 500...
Amtrak service restored from Washington to Philly after disruption; MARC restored
(Source: Baltimore Sun, September 11, 2013) BALTIMORE — Amtrak train service has been restored after a complete shut-down between Washington and Philadelphia earlier Wednesday. The shutdown was caused by damage to overhead power systems. Portions of MARC train service...
BNSF plans infrastructure improvements to improve rail capacity in Nebraska
(Source: BNSF Railway press release, September 11, 2013) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) plans to invest an estimated $110 million on maintenance and rail capacity expansion projects in Nebraska this year. BNSF's 2013 capacity expansion projects in...
European rail crashes show gaps in increasingly precarious system
(Source: New York Times, September 9, 2013) PARIS — Over the past 12 years, the European Union has pushed to transform national rail systems into a single market as a critical element of the Continent’s economic and political integration. But several recent high...
Lawsuits by BNSF, CSX say Tennessee fuel tax is unfair
(Source: The Tennessean, September 11, 2013) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two of the nation’s largest railroad companies — CSX and BNSF — have filed suit against the state of Tennessee in federal court claiming they are being forced to pay millions of dollars in taxes on diesel...
AFL-CIO convention update: Labor vows to give Democrats a jolt
(Source: Politico, September 11, 2013) LOS ANGELS — Assembled here for the AFL-CIO’s quadrennial convention, less than a year after unions played a pivotal role in helping Democrats win a powerful popular victory in the 2012 presidential election, labor leaders from...
NTSB statement on Transport Canada’s advisory on Lac Megantic derailment
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, September 11, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement by NTSB Acting Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman: "Earlier today, our colleagues at the Transportation Safety Board of Canada issued safety...
Crude oil in Lac Megantic derailment was mislabeled, Transportation Safety Board says
(Source: Montreal Gazette, September 12, 2013) MONTREAL — The crude oil in the runaway train that derailed in Lac-Mégantic was improperly identified as less hazardous and flammable than it actually was, Canada's Transportation Safety Board has announced. Full story:...
