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Police investigate derailment
(The following article by Robin Brown was posted on the News Journal website on September 18.) DOVER, Del. -- Authorities said today that criminal mischief or a simple mishap may be to blame in a weekend rail accident. Two cars of a Norfolk Southern Corp. freight...
BLET Regional Meetings set for 2007
CLEVELAND, September 19 -- The BLET Regional meetings have been scheduled for 2007. The 67th International Western Convention will be held in Tacoma, Washington on May 20-24. The IWC will be hosted by David Beech and the members of BLET Division 238. The 80th annual...
BLET Regional Meetings set for 2007
CLEVELAND, September 19 -- The BLET Regional meetings have been scheduled for 2007. The 67th International Western Convention will be held in Tacoma, Washington on May 20-24. The IWC will be hosted by David Beech and the members of BLET Division 238. The 80th annual...
Railroads push to harden tank cars
(The following article by Daniel Machalaba was posted on the Wall Street Journal website on September 18.) NEW YORK -- In January 2005, a Norfolk Southern Corp. freight train passing through Graniteville, S.C., crashed into another train parked on a railroad spur,...
Railroads push to harden tank cars
(The following article by Daniel Machalaba was posted on the Wall Street Journal website on September 18.) NEW YORK -- In January 2005, a Norfolk Southern Corp. freight train passing through Graniteville, S.C., crashed into another train parked on a railroad spur,...
Unions meet globalization head on
(The following article by John Cochran was posted on CQ.com on September 18.) WASHINGTON -- India ranks with China and Mexico in the outsourcing nightmares of American workers. It’s the low-wage competition — fueling the global “race to the bottom” in the living...
Unions meet globalization head on
(The following article by John Cochran was posted on CQ.com on September 18.) WASHINGTON -- India ranks with China and Mexico in the outsourcing nightmares of American workers. It’s the low-wage competition — fueling the global “race to the bottom” in the living...
Transit-worker ID program stalled
(The following article by Spencer S. Hsu was posted on the Washington Post website on September 17.) WASHINGTON -- A Bush administration initiative to secure the nation's ports is bogged down in industry opposition, technology flaws and evidence that it fails to...
Transit-worker ID program stalled
(The following article by Spencer S. Hsu was posted on the Washington Post website on September 17.) WASHINGTON -- A Bush administration initiative to secure the nation's ports is bogged down in industry opposition, technology flaws and evidence that it fails to...
Former railroad worker awarded $1.8 million by jury
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 15.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A former railroad employee who claimed workplace exposure to cleaning solvents caused permanent brain damage has been awarded $1.8 million by a jury. The lawsuit by Terry L....
