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Labor makes statement at Indianapolis rally
(The following appeared on the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette website on March 11, 2011.) INDIANAPOLIS — Fort Wayne union member Jeremy Penrod, 21, gave up a paycheck Thursday to protest what he calls an anti-union movement alongside thousands of other Hoosier workers who...
Unions frame bargaining as civil rights issue
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 11, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Labor unions at the heart of a burning national disagreement over the cost of public employees want to frame the debate as a civil rights issue, an effort that may draw more sympathy...
Opinion: To union protesters in Indiana and all other states, job issues are deeply personal
(The following column by Matthew Tully appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on March 11, 2011.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — I waded into the crowd of Carhartt-wearing, sign-carrying union protesters outside the Statehouse on Thursday and came across Bernie Schwartz, a...
Wisconsin could help launch counterattack on GOP
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 11, 2011.) MADISON, Wis. — leaders plan to use the setback to fire up their members nationwide and mount a major counterattack against Republicans at the ballot box in 2012. Wisconsin's measure stripping public...
Operation Lifesaver notes rise in 2010 U.S. grade crossing collisions, pedestrian-train incidents
(Operation Lifesaver, Inc., issued the following press release on March 10, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An improving economy may have contributed to an increase in vehicle-train and pedestrian collisions, deaths and injuries in 2010, according to Operation Lifesaver,...
UP’s PRB coal train loadings lagged in February
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 9, 2011.) Last month, Union Pacific Railroad loaded 925 coal trains in the Southern Powder River Basin (SPRB) compared with 943 trains in February 2010. For the month, the Class I logged 147...
U.S. Sens. Lautenberg, Menendez ask for $2.4 billion in federal high-speed rail funds rejected by Florida
(The following appeared at www.nj.com on March 9, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez have joined three Democratic colleagues from Northeastern states today in asking for $2.4 billion in federal high-speed rail money that Florida...
Several freight roads pursue maintenance-of-way projects
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 9, 2011.) Union Pacific Railroad has budgeted $12.9 million to upgrade a 76-mile line between Watsonville and San Lucas, Calif. Part of the Class I’s $3.2 billion capital spending budget for 2011,...
Amtrak marks 16 straight months of ridership growth
(Amtrak issued the following press release on March 9, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — February marked 16 consecutive months of Amtrak ridership growth and was the best February on record with 2,099,010 passengers. “The ridership increase shows the continued popularity of...
Opinion: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Tea Party are faces of GOP overreach
(The following column appeared on the U.S. News and World Report website on March 10, 2011.) Congratulations to whoever had "less than two months" in the "conservative overreach" betting pool. There was never a question about whether the Republican Party, awarded huge...
