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Obama Administration eases construction deadline for California high-speed rail
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, March 1, 2012) SAN JOSE, Calif. — With a long-standing federal deadline breathing down its neck, California's polarizing $100 billion bullet train suddenly got a much-needed reprieve Wednesday when the Obama administration eased the...
Obama’s high-speed rail plans hit traffic in Congress
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 1, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress and the Obama administration are headed for another head-on collision over high-speed rail. Full story: Joplin Globe
New Georgia bill an obvious attack on working people; Includes $10,000 fine for picketing
(Source: Alternet.org, February 28, 2012) The growing trend of legislators in Southern states that already have low union density and so-called "right-to-work" laws on the books proposing harsher anti-union laws has now spread to Georgia. In a move that could impact...
America’s last hope: A strong labor movement
(Source: Salon.com, February 19, 2012) The fate of the labor movement is the fate of American democracy. Without a strong countervailing force like organized labor, corporations and wealthy elites advancing their own interests are able to exert undue influence over...
For three VIA Rail engineers, railroading was their life, their death
(Source: Globe and Mail, February 27, 2012) TORONTO — Remembering the three locomotive engineers killed in the VIA Rail accident on Sunday, February 26. All were devoted rail workers and family men. Full story: Globe and Mail
Report: Cash-strapped Indian Railways reaching out to Warren Buffett
(Source: Telegraph India, February 29, 2012) CALCUTTA, India — Warren Buffett, famed American value investor and the planet’s third-richest man, is in talks with the Indian Railways for possible investment in the world’s largest railroad network. Full story: Telegraph...
CSX reaches deal to build second track on Ocala
(Source: Ocala Star-Banner, February 28, 2012) OCALA, Fla. — The city of Ocala has agreed to give CSX Transportation Inc. land to build a second track in Ocala in exchange for safer crossings and the ability to apply for a “quiet zone” where the train horns will not...
70 cities nationwide to participate in ALEC National Day of Action
(Source: Paramus Post, February 29, 2012) On February 29th, concerned citizens, students, and occupiers in over seventy cities across the nation, including Occupy Wall Street (NYC), are standing up to the corporations and legislators involved in American Legislative...
VIA derailment: Modern train control system could reduce accidents
TORONTO — As rail investigators continue to sift through clues to the cause of Sunday’s fatal Via train wreck, one rail expert says it’s time Canada considered installing a computerized train control system being used in other countries, including the U.S. Positive...
Class-action lawsuit filed after deadly VIA Rail derailment
(Source: Montreal Gazette, February 29, 2012) MONTREAL — Two law offices representing the passengers who were on board the Via Rail train that derailed in Burlington, Ont., last weekend have filed a class-action lawsuit against Via Rail and CN. Full story: Montreal...
