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CP Railway plans Calgary headquarters move to cut costs
(Source: Reuters, November 23, 2012) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific Railway is planning to relocate much of its head office from downtown Calgary, union officials and a source close to the company said, under a restructuring plan that its new chief executive will...
Foes won’t quit fighting California high-speed rail
(Source: Modesto Bee, November 25, 2012) FRESNO, Calif. — Stung by a judge's ruling, opponents of California's proposed high-speed rail route between Merced and Fresno are reassessing their legal strategy, but not their resolve. Full story: Modesto Bee
Top 1% got 93% of income growth as rich-poor gap widened
(Source: Bloomberg News, October 2, 2012) NEW YORK — The 1.2 million households whose incomes put them in the top 1 percent of the U.S. saw their earnings increase 5.5 percent last year, according to estimates released last month by the U.S. Census Bureau. Earnings...
CEO Council demands cuts to poor, elderly while reaping billions in government contracts, tax breaks
(Source: Huffington Post, November 25, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The corporate CEOs who have made a high-profile foray into deficit negotiations have themselves been substantially responsible for the size of the deficit they now want closed. The companies represented...
Editorial: NJ Transit officials must learn from Hurricane Sandy mistakes
(Source: Newark Star-Ledger, November 26, 2012) NEWARK, N.J. — We all make mistakes. NJ Transit made a doozy. It failed to move trains from rail yards in Kearny and Hoboken to higher ground, despite forecasts that Hurricane Sandy would be a catastrophic storm. The...
Amtrak’s Chicago-to-St. Louis route adds 110 mph trains in time for Thanksgiving
(Source: CBS News, November 22, 2012) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak had a Thanksgiving present for its riders between Chicago and St. Louis — faster train schedules. The new timetables are the first to include 110 mile-an-hour travel between Dwight and Pontiac. Full...
GOP takes aim at strengthened Amtrak
(Source: The Hill, November 22, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans will hold new hearings next week on Amtrak, which Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) is targeting for funding cuts despite recent record ridership numbers. The hearings are...
Opinion: Poor management, not union intransigence, killed Hostess
(Source: Los Angeles Times, November 25, 2012) LOS ANGELES — Let's get a few things clear. Hostess didn't fail for any of the reasons you've been fed. It didn't fail because Americans demanded more healthful food than its Twinkies and Ho-Hos snack cakes. It didn't...
Teamsters statement on ruling in favor of liquidation of Hostess Brands
(Source: Official statement of Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall, November 21, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall made the following statement regarding Judge Drain’s ruling in favor of the company’s motion to...
Union Pacific didn’t’ know about veterans parade in Midland
(Source: www.oaoa.com, November 21, 2012) MIDLAND, Texas — Union Pacific says no one informed the company in advance of the veteran’s parade that its 84-car train crashed into Nov. 15, according to company spokesperson Raquel Espinoza. Full story: www.oaoa.com
