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Standing strong: Images from TCRC picket lines
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference website, May 30, 2012) OTTAWA, Ontario — The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference has posted a photo gallery on its website showing members standing strong on picket lines in the union's strike against Canadian Pacific Railway....
TCRC will respect the back-to-work legislation and its 4,800 members who work for CP will be back on the job
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, May 31, 2012) LAVAL, Ontario — The back-to-work legislation has received the Royal Assent this afternoon (Thursday) not long after Teamsters Canada's lobbyist, Phil Benson, appeared before the Senate. The...
TCRC members return to CP Rail as back-to-work law passes
(Source: Bloomberg News, June 1, 2012) NEW YORK — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s (CP) striking Teamsters workers are returning to their jobs today after Parliament passed a bill to end the weeklong labor action that snarled industry supply chains and seaport traffic....
U.S. Senators push for quick agreement on rail pre-clearance center in Montreal
(Source: Canadian Press, May 30, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four U.S. senators are urging the Obama administration to swiftly greenlight a new customs and immigration facility at Montreal's Central Station, a move that would vastly improve rail service between Quebec's...
CN boss warns Ottawa not to force new rail regulations
(Source: Financial Post, May 30, 2012) OTTAWA, Ontario — As the federal government threatens new regulations this fall, Claude Mongeau, Canadian National Railway Co. chief executive, is urging Ottawa to not interfere in the rail industry. The Canadian government...
BNSF announces capital improvement projects in Minnesota, North Dakota
(Source: BNSF Railway press releases, May 30, 2012) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) plans to invest an estimated $100 million on maintenance and rail capacity improvement and expansion projects in Minnesota this year. BNSF's 2012 capacity enhancement...
SEPTA approves $1.3 billion operating, $303 million capital budgets for FY2013
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 30, 2012) The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s (SEPTA) board recently approved a $1.3 billion operating budget for fiscal-year 2013, up 3 percent compared with FY2012. Full story: Progressive Railroading
Obama administration officials to speak at high-speed rail conference
(Source: The Hill, May 30, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo will speak at the 8th World Congress & Trade Exhibition on High-Speed Rail in Philadelphia, July 10-13, 2012. Amtrak CEO Joseph...
TCRC: CP Rail is ‘asking for everything’
(Source: The Chronicle Herald, May 30, 2012) OTTAWA — Back-to-work legislation designed to end a CP Rail strike and get freight moving won’t get passed in the Senate until Thursday at the earliest, despite its overnight passage in the House of Commons. MPs voted just...
Ottawa’s back-to-work interventions worry both firms and workers
(Source: Globe and Mail, May 29, 2012) TORONTO — Ottawa’s move to halt a strike at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. will get the trains rolling again soon, but back-to-work legislation is being flagged as part of a worrying pattern of government intervention that could...
