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CN reports Q2-2013 net income of C$717 million, or C$1.69 per diluted share
(Source: CN press release, July 22, 2013) MONTREAL — CN reported its financial and operating results for the second quarter and six-month period ended June 30, 2013. Second-quarter 2013 highlights: • Second-quarter 2013 net income was C$717 million, or C$1.69 per...
Canadian Pacific reports record second-quarter 2013 results
(Source: Canadian Pacific press release, July 24, 2013.) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today announced record Q2 2013 results that continues to highlight the significant progress in its transformational journey. Second-quarter 2013 results...
ALEC pushes 117 bills to crush unions in 2013, report says
(Full story: Teamster Nation, July 23, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — ALEC, the escort service for corporations and state lawmakers, was responsible for 117 bills in 40 states to lower wages, reduce benefits and weaken workers rights this year. That's according to a report...
CN says Canadian government’s new train securement rules will enhance rail industry safety
(Source: CN press release, July 23, 2013) MONTREAL — Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer of CN, said Transport Canada’s Section 33 Directive issued today under the Railway Safety Act will enhance the effectiveness of train securement procedures and...
Teamsters donate $40,000 to the victims of Lac-Mégantic
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, July 23, 2013) LAVAL, QC — Teamsters Canada has collected $40,000 from its locals throughout the country and it will be donated to help out the victims of the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy. This sum will be remitted to the Canadian...
Ethics probe sought over Calif. lawmaker’s high-speed rail opposition
(Source: Los Angeles Times, July 24, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A government watchdog Tuesday sought a congressional investigation into California Rep. David Valadao’s efforts to halt the state’s high-speed rail project, saying the freshman failed to tell colleagues...
Revelstoke train engineers concerned about longer trains, less rest
(Source: Revelstoke Times Review, July 23, 2013) REVELSTOKE — Nobody has a greater personal stake in train safety than the people who drive them. The engineers and conductors who guide the trains out of Revelstoke and up into the Rocky Mountains deal with the risks...
No more one-man crews on oil trains, Canada says
(Source: Morning Sentinel, July 23, 2013) PORTLAND, Maine — The Canadian government issued an emergency order Tuesday that bans having a one-person crew on trains carrying hazardous cargo such as crude oil. The order comes as Canadian transportation officials continue...
78 dead after high-speed train derails in Spain
(Source: CNN, July 25, 2013) SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain — The train races into view, and in the space of a heartbeat, the cars derail and crash into a wall of concrete, flipping onto their sides and skidding along the track with terrifying speed and force. Full...
Are shrinking unions making workers poorer?
(Source: The Atlantic, July 24, 2013) Here's what we know: Union membership has been nearly cut in half over the past thirty years. During that time, income inequality grew, with the top one percent of wealthiest Americans seeing especially big gains in their pre- and...
